2 volumes. [iv], 550, [1]; 542, [1] pp. Frontispieces, complete with a chart at the rear of each volume and a total of 44 b&w plates. (4to) 26.5x16 cm (10¼x7") black calf-backed pebbled cloth, gilt spines. New Edition, corrected and updated.
Text in French. A narrative of voyages across the world's oceans and seas as discovered and charted by Magellan, Vancouver, La Peyrouse, d'Entrecasteaux, Cook, Anson, Bligh, Freycinet and a multitude of others.