A voyage round the world
which was peformed [sic] in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788
by La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup comt...
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A voyage round the world: which was peformed [sic] in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788
1798, Printed by J. Moir, Paterson's-Court: for T. Brown, no. 1. North-Bridge-Street; and sold by W. Coke, Leith; Brash and Reid, Glasgow; T. Hill, Perth; A. Brown, Aberdeen; G. Milne, Dundee; W. Boyd, Dumfries; Embleton, Berwick on Tweed; W. Hallgarth, Jun. South Shields; and Crosby & Co. London
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Abridged English translation of: Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde, first printed Paris, 1797.
"Abstract of a narrative of an interesting voyage from Manilla ...to San Blaz ... in 1781 and 1782", translated from the Spanish of Don Antonio Maurelle: p. [261]-291.
"Short abstract of a voyage of discovery to the north Pacific Ocean, and round the world ... in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795" by Captain George Vancouver: p. [293]-336.
Includes selections of vocabulary in the Port des Français language, p. 65, and in the Ecclemach language, p. 92-94; these languages would appear to be part of the Wakashan group of languages spoken on the Pacific Northwest coast. There is a selection of vocabulary in the language of the inhabitants of Tchoka island, p. 184-191, which is identified as located near the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Signatures: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) a A-K ²K L-2D (2B3 missigned 2B2) (U5, X3, 2A2, 2A3 versos blank)
Sabin 38967.
Wickersham, J. Bib. Alaskan lit., 6612b.
ESTC T175588.
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