Translation by Sir William Dixson of the 'Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance, 1824, 1825 et 1826, Paris, 1837-1838. 2 March 1824 - 23 June 1826. Transcribed at unknown date.

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DLWD 87

fonds

Not after 1952

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2 volumes of textual material - manuscript - 26 cm.

Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentin de Bougainville, French naval officer and explorer, was the eldest son of Louis de Bougainville, who explored the Pacific in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Hyacinthe de Bougainville, on a voyage to protect French commercial interests, took out to the Pacific the frigate Thetis and the corvette Esperance. On visiting Sydney in the course of his explorations, he commenced the erection of the monument to La Perouse on Botany Bay. Edmond Bigot de La Touanne was a lieutenant on the Thetis.

Cover title: Bougainville journal translation.

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Bougainville's journal published as: 'Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate la Thetis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les annees 1824, 1825 et 1826', Paris, 1837

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Published journal in the Dixson Libary at Q83/16-17 and F83/1
Transferred from DLSPENCER 437