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Daring French Explorations
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Daring French Explorations

Hubert Sagnieres
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Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure.

Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Laperouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pages, and Roquefeuil-embark readers on sixteen voyages around the world from 1714 to 1854.

A selection of firsthand accounts culled from their maritime travelogues recounts the trials and tribulations the explorers encountered as they charted new routes to remote territories. Their unfiltered observations on wide-ranging themes-from geopolitics and commerce to climate change and global cultures-resonate with contemporary issues.

This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of world exploration.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Editions Flammarion
Country
FR
Date
19 February 2024
Pages
400
ISBN
9782080428455

Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure.

Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Laperouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pages, and Roquefeuil-embark readers on sixteen voyages around the world from 1714 to 1854.

A selection of firsthand accounts culled from their maritime travelogues recounts the trials and tribulations the explorers encountered as they charted new routes to remote territories. Their unfiltered observations on wide-ranging themes-from geopolitics and commerce to climate change and global cultures-resonate with contemporary issues.

This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of world exploration.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Editions Flammarion
Country
FR
Date
19 February 2024
Pages
400
ISBN
9782080428455

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