Voyage Around The World On The Corvette La Favorite 1830, 1831, 1832 Under the Command of Captain Laplace.

Name: Voyage Around The World On The Corvette La Favorite 1830, 1831, 1832 Under the Command of Captain Laplace.
SKU: 21462
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Author: Cyrille Pierre Laplace / Barbara Earman (Ed.) / Jane Foreman (Trans.)

Publisher: Antiques of the Orient, Ltd.

Year: 1991

Size: 29.5 x 19.5 cm

1 in stock

SKU: 21462 Category: Vintage Books about the Philippines [1926-1999] Tag: Travels 9

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72pp., hardbound, pictorial laminated boards, with 72 colour plates, REFERENCE.
ISBN: 981-00-2539-4

First published by Imprimerie Royale, Paris in 1833. This edition is the first English translation of text relating to the plates. The voyage of Laplace was to re-establish French influence over Indochina and French commercial interest in the Pacific.