The first French circumnavigation, first English edition, LOUIS-ANTOINE BOUGAINVILLE, 1772

The first French circumnavigation, first English edition
Louis-Antoine Bougainville, 1772
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Translated by John Reinhold Forster. London: J. Nourse and T. Davies, 1772.

The first English edition of the first official French circumnavigation of the globe. Bougainville was given the task of formally handing over the Falklands Islands to Spain, from where he continued to explore the Pacific, including Tahiti. His expedition sparked great interest in England, coming only a year after Cook had completed his first Pacific voyage. This copy is bound with a later map depicting the Cape of Good Hope from the voyage of Andreas Sparrman. Hill 165; Howgego B142; Sabin 6869; Spence 158.

Quarto (270 x 207mm). Engraved view, 5 folding engraved maps, bound with an extra map of the Cape of Good Hope (some spotting, small repaired tears at joins of first map, some light offsetting). Contemporary calf (rebacked to style, edges of boards repaired).

Pre-Lot Text
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