Laplace in New Zealand, 1831
By: translated with introduction and notes by Keith V. Sinclair ; foreword by John Dunmore.
Contributors: Sinclair, Keith Val.; Dunmore, John, 1923-
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Waikanae, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Théodore, 1793-1875 -- Travel -- New Zealand.; Favorite (Ship); New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration.; New Zealand -- History -- To 1840.
Description: During the course of an expedition around the world in the corvette Favorite ... Laplace visited the Bay of Islands, where he and his officers carried out detailed scientific work ... their observations of the land and its native inhabitants. Professor Sinclair analyses the expedition's visit in detail, providing a translation of Laplace's own account, and identifying almost all of the geographic features which subsequently appeared on the French charts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index.