A voyage to California to observe the transit of Venus.
By: 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 experiements on Mr. Le Roy's timekeepers, by Monsieur de Cassini.
Contributors: Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845.; Alzate y Ramírez, José Antonio de, 1737-1799.
Publisher: Printed for E. & C. Dilly
Published: 1778
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 (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Description and travel; Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1769; Saint Pierre (Island); Salé (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 publiè par M. de Cassini fils. Paris, 1772", and "Voyage fair par odre du roi en 1768 et 1769 pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par M. LeRoy. Paris, 1770".