A voyage round the world
Subtitle: which was peformed [sic] in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788
By: by M. de La Peyrouse: abridged from the original French journal of M. de La Peyrouse, which was lately published by M. Milet-Mureau, in obedience to an order from the French government. To which are added: A voyage from Manilla to California, by Don Antonio Maurelle: and An abstract of the voyage and discoveries of the late Captain G. Vancouver. Embellished with four fine engravings
Contributors: Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine), 1756-1825; Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820; Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Publisher: Printed by J. Moir, Paterson's-Court: for T. Brown, no. 1. North-Bridge-Street; and sold by W. Coke, Leith; Brash and Reid, Glasgow; T. Hill, Perth; A. Brown, Aberdeen; G. Milne, Dundee; W. Boyd, Dumfries; Embleton, Berwick on Tweed; W. Hallgarth, Jun. South Shields; and Crosby & Co. London
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Discoveries in geography; French; Wakashan languages; Glossaries, vocabularies; Eskimo languages; Indian linguistics; Description and travel; Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frigate)
Other titles: Voyage round the world: which was peformed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788.
Work titles: Voyage de Lapérouse autour du monde
Notes: Abridged English translation of: Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde, first printed Paris, 1797.

"Abstract of a narrative of an interesting voyage from Manilla ...to San Blaz ... in 1781 and 1782", translated from the Spanish of Don Antonio Maurelle: p. [261]-291.

"Short abstract of a voyage of discovery to the north Pacific Ocean, and round the world ... in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795" by Captain George Vancouver: p. [293]-336.

Includes selections of vocabulary in the Port des Français language, p. 65, and in the Ecclemach language, p. 92-94; these languages would appear to be part of the Wakashan group of languages spoken on the Pacific Northwest coast. There is a selection of vocabulary in the language of the inhabitants of Tchoka island, p. 184-191, which is identified as located near the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Signatures: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) a A-K ²K L-2D (2B3 missigned 2B2) (U5, X3, 2A2, 2A3 versos blank)

Sabin 38967.

Wickersham, J.  Bib. Alaskan lit., 6612b.

ESTC T175588.