Author: PERON, FRANCOIS; FREYCINET, LOUIS
Title: Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, Fait Par Ordre Du Gouvernement, Sur Les Covettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et La Goelette Le Casuarina, Pendant Les annees 1800, 1801, 1803 et 1804. Historique: Tome Quatrieme.
Description: Paris, Arthus Bertrand. 1824, Second Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Volume 4 only. 356 pages. A very nice copy of volume four of one of the most important French scientific expeditions of the 19th century. This text volume covers the account of the expedition of the ships Le Geographe and Casuarina from Timor to Europe via Mauritius. The account was written by the scientific officer, Francois Peron and after Peron's death in 1810 continued by the navigator Louis Freycinet. Also chapters on various matters of scientific interest: on new species dicovered, ocean temperatures, dysentry, sea animals, conservation of specimens, vegetation of Australia and van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Very Good.

Keywords: Peron, Francois; Freycinet, Louis, South Australia, Matthew Flinders, Nicolas Baudin, Mauritius, Timor, Cape of Good Hope


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