. 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 1f» ns â I. - .1 ^^â 'â ^'t' ii! . ''^1 â */iii â I'll' 42 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. which, though juft, would be too long to re- count. But to fpeak of his virtues, and-of his talents, is to recollect his misfortunes, and to awaken our regret : the idea of the former's henceforward in- parably connected with the remembrance of the
. 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 1f» ns â I. - .1 ^^â 'â ^'t' ii! . ''^1 â */iii â I'll' 42 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. which, though juft, would be too long to re- count. But to fpeak of his virtues, and-of his talents, is to recollect his misfortunes, and to awaken our regret : the idea of the former's henceforward in- parably connected with the remembrance of the latter, and they raife for ever a monument of grief and gratitude, in the heart of every friend to the fciences and to humanity. If I have ex- perienced any pleafure at the conclufion of the troublefome labour which this work required, and after the care and attention it has cofl me till its publication ; it is, undoubtedly, at this mo- ment, when I am allowed to be the inftrument of the French Republic, in paying to his memory a tribute of national gratitude. La Peroufe, according to his laft letters from Botany Bay, was to return to the Ijle de France^ in 1788*. The two following years being ex- pired, even the important events, which occupied and fixed the attention of all France, were unable entirely to detach it from an intereft in the fate which appeared to threaten our navigators. The firft accents of fear and grief on their accounts were heard at the bar of the national aflembly. i .â¢â t(. * Sec inVol. Ill the extrafts from two of La Peroufe's let- ters, dated Botany Bay, the 7th of February, 1788. by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788; Milet de Mureau, Louis-Marie-Antoine Destouff, baron de, 1756-1825; Mou
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