An account of the corvette l'Uraine's sojourn at the Mariana Islands, 1819
By: Louis Claude de Freycinet ; supplemented with the Journal of Rose de Freycinet ; translated and prefaced by Glynn Barratt
Contributors: Barratt, Glynn; Freycinet, Rose Marie Pinon de, 1794-1832; Northern Mariana Islands. Division of Historic Preservation
Series: Occasional historical papers -- no. 13; Occasional historical papers series -- no. 13.
Publisher: CNMI Division of Historic Preservation
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Northern Mariana Islands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel; Discovery and exploration; French
Other titles: Account of the corvette l'Uranie's sojourn at the Mariana Islands, 1819
Work titles: Voyage autour du monde. Historique. Chapitre 24-26
Notes: "Originally published as Volume 2 of: Voyage autour des [sic] monde executé [sic] corvettes de S.M. l'Uraine [sic] et la Physicienne, pendant les anné 1817-1820. (1827-1839.) and Journal de voyage autour du monde à bord de l'Uranie 1817-1820 (1927.)"--T.p. verso.

Translated from French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. XXIV. A stay in the Mariana Islands; title: Ch. XXV. Historical survey of the Mariana Islands prior to 1820; title: Ch. XXVI. A description of the Marianas and particularly of Guam; title: End notes; title: Extract from the Journal of Rose de Freycinet.