. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. â U ;' ^.. iccount t doth-' las been ir of the ipplylng ordered he crews jibution mmand- vhsre he .bllfn the â the two [ hand to but this ace, and al years, of thoie compa- iwing the alTured, btaining all the t inriury a of the Hi! ROUND THE WORLD. Ilj I-ils Majcfty could not give to the Sieur De Ld Pcroufe a more diftinguiflied mar
. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. â U ;' ^.. iccount t doth-' las been ir of the ipplylng ordered he crews jibution mmand- vhsre he .bllfn the â the two [ hand to but this ace, and al years, of thoie compa- iwing the alTured, btaining all the t inriury a of the Hi! ROUND THE WORLD. Ilj I-ils Majcfty could not give to the Sieur De Ld Pcroufe a more diftinguiflied mark of the confi- dence he has in his zeal, his ability, and his pm- dcncc, than in committing to him one of the moll cxtenfive enterprizcs which lias ever been projed:- ed. Some of the navigators, who have preceded him in the career of difcovcrics, have left him great leflbns and great examples j but his Majefty is perfuaded, that, equally ambitious of glory, equally zealous for the increafe of human know- ledge, equally perfevering as his models, he mil one day deferve to be confidered one himfelf for thofc, who, ftimulated by the fame courage, arc dcfirous of contending for the fame celebrity. I" NOTE. in drawing up a plan of navigation for the voyage of dil'covery, the conduding of which is confided to M. De La Peroufe, the objed has been for him to follow, in the different feas, tracks which have not been followed by any of the navigators who have preceded him ; this flep has appeared to be the mofl fure of multiplying difcoveries, and of confiderably advancing in this voyage the gre^t work of the complete defcrip- tion of the terreftrial globe. There has neverthelefs been a neceflity for point- ing out iflands already known, as ports where there is a certainty that M. De La pro- cure fubfiftence by means of barter and exchange, for which the means are furnilhed him by the Vol. T. I quantity IM. .]> '.Ji. Please note that these images are extr
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