Mers, Chine, Tartarie. / La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 / 1797

Mers, Chine, Tartarie. La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, 1797

Mers, Chine, Tartarie. / La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 / 1797

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Full Title: Carte generale des decouvertes, faites en 1787 dans les mers de Chine et de Tartarie ou depuis Manille jusqu'a Avatscha, par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse no. 39. (Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797)

Author: La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Date: 1797

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Author: La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Date: 1797

Short Title: Mers, Chine, Tartarie.

Publisher: Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique

Type: Atlas Map ; Chart Map

Object Height cm: 69

Object Width cm: 50

Scale 1: 11,400,000

Note: Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows route of La Perouse. Prime meridian: Paris.

Reference: Cortazzi. Isles of Gold, pl. 62.

World Area: Asia

Country: Russia ; China

List No: 3355.039

Page No: No. 39

Series No: 41

Published In: Atlas du voyage de La Perouse. (title page only) Dessine par J. M. Moreau le Jeune. Grave par Ph. Triere. L. Aubert scripsit.

Publication Author: La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Publication Date: 1797

Publication Reference: Phillips, 688; Howes. U.S.iana, 93; Mickwitz. A.E. Nordenskiold Collection ... annotated catalogue of maps made up to 1800, v.2 no. 133.

Publication Note: La Perouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This copy consists of the Atlas only to the First French edition. It is an exceptional copy, with very strong impressions. It should be compared to the smaller English Atlas of 1799. Maps are without color and bound in half leather brown marbled paper covered boards with "La Perouse's Voyages. Atlas" stamped in gilt on the spine. Issued to accompany: Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde ... an V (1797)

Publication List No: 3355.000

Publication Type: Chart Atlas ; World Atlas

Publication Maps: 34

Publication Height cm: 56

Publication Width cm: 41

Image No: 3355039

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