Voyage of the Venus: Sojourn in California; Excerpt from Voyage auour du monde sur la frégate Vénus pendant les années 1836 - 1839 Early California Travels Series #35 Translated by Charles N.

Item #11440 Voyage of the Venus: Sojourn in California; Excerpt from Voyage auour du monde sur la frégate Vénus pendant les années 1836 - 1839 [ Early California Travels Series #35] [Translated by Charles N. Rudkin]. Abel Du Petit-Thouars.

Voyage of the Venus: Sojourn in California; Excerpt from Voyage auour du monde sur la frégate Vénus pendant les années 1836 - 1839 [ Early California Travels Series #35] [Translated by Charles N. Rudkin]

Du Petit-Thouars, Abel

Los Angeles: Glen Dawson and the Plantin Press [Saul and Lillian Marks], 1956. Near Fine. First Edition. Limited to 200 copies with the hand-colored plates, [7.5x5.25in]; xi, [2], 113 pp. [1] colophon, 10 colored illustrations by Mary Helen Dawson; Light maroon patterned paper covers with maroon back strip, paper label with red lettering on spine, red lettering on light green field on front, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed, Minimal shelf wear to edges with minor rubbing to top and bottom of spine, spine and label faded, offset shadow and light glue residue from removed bookplate on front end paper. Item #11440

Abel du Petit-Thouars (1793-1864) was a French explorer of the Pacific. In 1840, a book on his journey and the navigation and scientific findings was published in a series of volumes. This is a translation of a portion of Chapter X and all of Chapter XI on the portion of his travels to California and long stay in Monterey.

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