Relation d'un voyage fait...aux Cotes d'Afrique.
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[Africa] Froger, Francois. Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697 aux Cotes d'Afrique, detroit de Magellan, Bresil, Cayenne & isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du Roy, commandee par M. de Gennes. Dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quai de l'Horloge & G. Saugrain, Paris, 1698. First edition of the first account of a trip to the Strait of Magellan undertaken by the French. 12mo. [12], 219, [1] pp. Additional engraved title, 29 engraved maps and plates, 9 of which are folding. Modern leather, red leather spine label, new endpapers. "This is an account of ... an expedition to found a French settlement in the Strait of Magellan, proposed by French buccaneers who settled there. The project failed. This account of the expedition is especially noteworthy for details of natural history subjects and for the accuracy of Froger's charts. Froger went on this voyage at the age of eighteen" (Hill). Borba de Moraes 331-32; Sabin 26001; Hill 116; Brunet 20039.Condition: Occasional spotting, minor toning. Library stamp to engraved titlepiece.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.
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