Froger, F.
£384
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697 aux côtes d'Afrique, détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par un escadre des vaisseaux du roy, commandée par Monsieur de Gennes. Paris: Nicolas le Gras, 1700, 12mo, additional engraved title, 29 engraved plates, charts, plans and maps (8 folding), contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, corners neatly repaired
Footnote
Note: "An account of a squadron of six men-of-war on 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". Hill, p.116