The Expedition of the St John-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770 Tapa dura - 1998

London: The Hakluyt Society. Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0904180115 . Spine is cracked at a middle page. DJ has some light fading, and wear around edges, chipping, creasing, and a few small tears. ; Hakluyt Society, Second Series; 320 pages .

GB: Hakluyt Society, 1981. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/VG- DW.

Routledge, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: The Hakluyt Society. Very Good/No DJ. 1981. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo 0904180115 No dust jacket. Second Series volume 158. Blue cloth with gilt titling and illustration. No ownership marks. Frontis plate. x, 310 pages clean and tight. .

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. English Translation. From the journals of Jean De Surville and Guillaume Labe. 310 pages, illustrated. .

Routledge, 1981-01-28. Hardcover. Good. 1.0236 8.5039 5.5118.

U.S.A.: Ashgate Pub Co, 1981 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good,bookplate on first blank page,previous owner stamp on title page. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Hakluyt Society. Used - Very Good. 1981. Hakluyt Society. 1981. Cloth, DJ. Octavo. 310 pp. DJ with spine sunned, soiling to back cover. Ends of spine gently bumped. Otherwise VG.

x+310 with 8 maps, 14 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship Victoria to front cover in original jacket. Translated by John Dunmore. Second Series, volume 158. First edition. The St Jean-Baptiste expedition sailed at a crucial time in Pacific exploration. The voyages of Bougainville and Wallis had just ended, James Cooks's voyage had just begun. Jean-François-Marie de Surville entered the Pacific by way of the Northern Philippines, made a landfall in the Solomons, sailed to New Zealand, where he narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavor, and crossed the southern Pacific to the coast of Peru where he met his death in an attempt to obtain help for the decimated crew. Professor Dunmore has chose the Journals of Surville and his first officer, Guillaume Labé, to present a complementary two-man picture of the expedition, while also drawing from other journals and… Leer más

London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities.