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Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes contenant ce que l'on sçait des moeurs & des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour : & où il est traité de l'utilité d'y faire de plus amples découvertes & des moyens d'y former un établissement
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- Creator
- [par Charles de Brosses]
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- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
- Format
- Books
- Language
- French
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Paris : Cchez Durand, 1756 ([Paris] : De l'impr. de J. Chardon)
- Physical Details
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- 2 v. : 7 fold. maps ; 26 cm
- Attributed to Charles de Brosses by Sabin.
- "Additions et supplement, à l'Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes": vol. 2, p. 427-442.
- "Supplément à l'histoire de la Polynesie ...": vol. 2, p. [443]-513. Taken from a collection of letters written by Jesuit missionaries.
- Printer's statement from colophon to vol. 2.
- Includes index.
- Sabin no. 8388.
- Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
- Jesuits -- Missions -- Polynesia -- Early works to 1800.
- Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
- Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Australia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Polynesia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Pacific Ocean -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Australia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Caroline Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.