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DUNMORE, JOHN (TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR) The Expedition of the St Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific 1769 - 1770; From the Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe
London. The Hakluyt Society, 1981. First Edition. 8vo; x, 310 pp frontis, plates, 4 maps, bibliog. orig cloth, gt vignette on front cover, dj (trifle worn at corner), fine. ¶ De Surville sailed through the Pacific, to the Solomons, New Zealand, where he narrowly missed Cook and to Peru. Labe was his first mate. A valuable picture of a Pacific expedition in the heroic age of exploration, including Maori society, the first religious service in New Zealand, based on unpublished manuscripts. The detailed introduction is very useful.
Offered for US$ 56.00 by: Horizon Books - Book number: N1083
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