Bory de St. Vincent [Jean Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin]
Title
VOYAGE TO, AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF THE AFRICAN SEAS during the years 1801 and 1802, with a narrative of the passage of Captain Baudin to Port Louis in the Mauritius
PlacePub
London
Publisher
Richard Phillips 1st English Edition
Date
1805
Illustrations
Hand-coloured panorama of Teneriffe, folding view of St.Croix in Teneriffe + hand-coloured view of St. Helena, + 2 further folding hand-coloured plates and 2 folding Maps of Bourbon (Now Reunion) and Isle de France (now Mauritius) - all plates as listed.
Description
Octavo later sprinkled calf-spined marbled boards on 5 raised bands with morocco label gilt. Titlepage +212pp including index. *A fine copy of this rare English edition of the travels of the Baron, who was the naturalist on board the French sloop of war in the expedition of discovery commanded by Captain Baudin. He left the expedition at Mauritius and visited the neighbouring islands. He made many geological and botanical observations and climeed the Volcano on Bourbon: the book includes a hand-coloured bird's eye view of an eruption. Although he left the military expedition at Mauritius he continued to gather specimens one of which he presented to Napoleon along with a map of St.Helena - this Napoleon took when he was exiled to St.Helena. Bory continued in the military, mainly employed as cartographer but also took part in the battle of Austerlitz etc. but continued studying flora and fauna of the countries he visited. Several species are named after him.
Booknumber
V69345
Price
Price: GBP 550.00 or USD 814.00
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