The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1767-1768

The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1767-1768
ISBN-10
1472460685
ISBN-13
9781472460684
Category
History
Pages
398
Language
English
Published
2015-04-01
Author
John Dunmore

Description

This is the first English translation of the journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Although he published an account of his voyage in 1771, and despite wide interest and controversy in Europe following reports of his reception in Tahiti and life on the island, the journal itself was not published until 1977. The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville follows his progress across the Pacific and northwards via the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, endeavouring to complete the inadequate charts of the time and leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which is Bougainville Island. The Pacific Journal is published with extensive editorial notes and a full explanatory introduction. Also included are journals of other participants in the expedition.

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