Carte Reduite D'Une Partie Des Côtes Des Isles Australes, pour servir aux voyages au tour du Monde et vers les deux Poles, faits par M. de Pages .
Uncolored detailed map. With 3 inset maps: Baye de l'Oiseau; Baye du Lion Marin; and location map, and 6 profiles: Isle Crouy; Isle Rolland; Vue du Point D; Vue du Point C; Vue du Point A; Vue de Point B. Showing exploration routes. Relief shown pictorially. depths shown by soundings. On upper...
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| Summary: | Uncolored detailed map. With 3 inset maps: Baye de l'Oiseau; Baye du Lion Marin; and location map, and 6 profiles: Isle Crouy; Isle Rolland; Vue du Point D; Vue du Point C; Vue du Point A; Vue de Point B. Showing exploration routes. Relief shown pictorially. depths shown by soundings. On upper margin: Voyages de Mr. Pages, Pl. 6. 9 uncolored maps, folded and bound in hard cover with manuscript title to accompany Pages's extensive narrative of travel and exploration. Library does not have the book (but see links to scanned book in Reference field below). Pages (1748-1793) was born in Toulouse and had an noteworthy career in the French navy, including several years spent traveling in Texas and Mexico (his account is considered one of the more important early works on Texas particularly, and indeed the English translation of 1791 is thought to be the oldest description of the Lone Star State in an English-language book). Volume 1 of the text: https://archive.org/stream/voyagesautourdum00pag Volume 2 of the text: https://archive.org/stream/voyagesautourdum01pag |
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