Great voyages of discovery
Subtitle: circumnavigators and scientists, 1764-1843
By: Jacques Brosse ; translated by Stanley Hochman ; preface by Fernand Braudel.
Publisher: Facts on File Publications; Facts on File
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.; Voyages around the world -- History -- 19th century.
Description: Focuses on the geographical, botanical, and zoological work of the expeditions using original journals and memoirs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 225-228.
Translation of: Les tours du monde des explorateurs.
Includes index.