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Following the mysterious disappearance of the La Perouse expedition after it sailed out of Botany Bay in 1788, the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere (1755-1834) took part in the search that departed in 1791 from Brest in two ships, Recherche and Esperance. In the space of three years, the expedition's naturalists collected numerous specimens, with Labillardiere focusing on Australian flora, but their missing countrymen were never found. Notwithstanding the later confiscation of the scientific collections by the British - Sir Joseph Banks helped to secure their return - Labillardiere was able to publish this narrative to great acclaim in 1800. Reissued here is the English translation of the same year, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia. Volume 1 covers the expedition up to January 1793. Volume 2 includes discussion of Tasmania, New Caledonia and the Friendly Islands.
Contents
Volume 1plates; Indexes; 1. Departure from Brest; 2. We leave Teneriffe to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope; 3. Stay at the Cape of Good Hope; 4. Departure from the Cape of Good Hope; 5. Stay at Port d'Entrecasteaux; 6. Importance of d'Entrecasteaux's strait; 7. Departure from Carteret's harbour; 8. Stay at Amboyna; 9. Departure from Amboyna. Volume 2: Table of the route of the Esperance; Names and value of new French measures, compared with the old; 10. Stay in Rocky Bay; 11. Departure from Rocky Bay; 12. Departure from Adventure Bay; 13. Departure from Tongataboo; 14. Departure from New Caledonia; 15. Stay at Waygiou; Vocabulary of the Malay language; Vocabulary of the savages of Cape Diemen; Vocabulary of the language of the Friendly Islands; Vocabulary of the language of the natives of New Caledonia; Vocabulary of the language of the natives of Waygiou. Volume 3: Map; Plates.
