voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus.
By: By Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche. With an historical description of the author's route through Mexico, and the natural history of that province. Also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make experiments on Mr. Le Roy's timekeepers. By Monsieur de Cassini
Contributors: Cassini, Jean Dominique, Comte de, 1748-1845; Alzate y Ramirez, José Antonio, 1738-1799
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America , from its discovery to the present time -- 12004
Publisher: Printed for E. & C. Dilly
Published: 1977
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Leroy, Julien, -- 1686-1759; Natural history -- Mexico; Cod-fisheries; Clocks and watches; Mexico -- Description and travel; Baja California -- Description and travel; Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1769; St. Pierre (Island); Sallee (Morocco)
Notes: Last page incorrectly numbered 315

"Extract of a letter from Mexico addressed to the Royal academy of sciences at Paris, by Don Joseph Anthony de Alzate y Ramyrez ... relative to the natural history of the country adjacent to the city of Mexico": p. 77-105

Apparently a translation of two works published by Cassini: "Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769 ... par feu m. Chappe d'Auteroche. Redigé et publié par m. de Cassini fils. Paris, 1772", and "Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769 pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par m. Le Roy. Paris, 1770"

Microfiche (negative) Louisville [Ky.] Lost Cause Press, 1977. 5 sheets. 10.5 x 14.8 cm. ([Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ...])

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