Author: (Lamanon, Jean-Honore-Robert de Paul, Chevalier de; Laperouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, Comte de)
Title: Le Chevalier de Lamanon Et le Drame de L'Expedition Laperouse 1785-1788. Exposition Du Bicentenaire. Salon-de-Provence - Musee de L'Emperi / 6 Juillet - 5 Octobre 1986. (Catalog)
Description: (Musee de l'Emperi, 1986). 1986). (Musee de l'Emperi, 1986). 1986). Fine. - Oblong octavo [5-7/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are very slightly soiled & bumped. Unnumbered pages, including catalog listings of 271 items. Black- and-white illustrations. There is an ink inscription on the title page, else near fine.

Scientist and explorer Robert de Lamanon was a member of Laperouse's 1785-88 expedition. In the course of the expedition, according to Georges Petit and Jean Theodorides, de Lamanon was the first to discover [eight years before Humboldt] the laws of geomagnetism. The introduction to the catalog notes that Laperouse did not have a lot of use for the scientists on his expedition and that he took a particularly intense dislike to the young scientist Lamanon, with his modern, independent attitudes and ideas. The text is in French. Fine .

Keywords: EXPLORATION; EXPLORER; FRENCH; LAPEROUSE; EXPEDITION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SCIENTIST; ROBERT DE LAMANON; LE CHEVALIER DE LAMANON ET LE DRAME DE L'EXPEDITION LAPEROUSE 1785-1788; BICENTENARY; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; MUSEE DE L'EMPERI.

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