Author: de Brossard, Capitaine de Vaisseau,
Title: Rendez-Vous Avec Laperouse a Vanikoro
Description: (Paris): Editions France-Empire, (1964). (1964). (Paris): Editions France-Empire, (1964). (1964). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in blue & white wraps. The wraps are soiled & lightly rubbed with some black staining to the front wrap. The corners are lightly creased. 303 pages. There are pencil markings to a few pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on the half-title.

Jean-Francois de Galaup de Laperouse [1741- 1788] was a distinguished French seaman and explorer, who led the most important Pacific voyage by a French expedition in the eighteenth century. The voyage ended with the sinking of the ships at Vanikoro, probably caused by a hurricane. It was not until 1827 that the wreckage of the expedition was found in the Santa Cruz Islands. Good .

Keywords: EXPLORATION; MARITIME; VOYAGES; PACIFIC; SHIPWRECK; EXPLORER; SAILOR; FRENCH; JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP DE LAPEROUSE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; VANIKORO; RENDEZ-VOUS AVEC LAPEROUSE A VANIKORO; CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU DE BROSSARD; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SI

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