Papers relating to the voyage of Entrecasteaux, 1791-1793, [179-] [microform]

Bib ID:
1856030
Format:
Manuscript and Microform
Access Conditions:
Available for reference.
Description:
  • [Paris?] : Archives Nationales Service Photographique, [19--]
  • 15 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Summary:

Reel 1: Manuscripts de M. de Rossel, Correspondence (2.JJ 2); Reel 2: Manuscripts de M. de Rossel, Melanges (2 JJ 3); Reels 3-9: Manuscripts de M. Rossel, memoirs et notes divers (2 JJ 11-14); Reel 10: Manuscripts de M. de Fleurieu. Cotes E. d'Amerique. Mer des Indes (2 JJ 94); Reel 11: Manuscripts de M. de Fleurieu. Notes, discours, memoires (2 JJ 101); Reel 12: Manuscripts de M. de Fleurieu. Correspondence. (2 JJ 103) Reels 13-14: Circumnavigation. Voyage de d'Entrecasteaux (3 JJ 397); Reel 15: Campagnes, 1675-1829 (B4 319).

Biography/History:

Entrecasteaux was a French navigator who in the Recherche, made contact with the West Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Perouse. Entrecasteaux died of scurvy on the expedition in 1793.

Notes:
  • Mitchell Library holds microfilm master.
  • Microfilm copy of originals held by Archives Nationales, France.
  • In French.
  • Associated materials : see also papers of Entrecasteaux voyage held by the National Library of Australia at Mfm G 24761-24765 and 24646-24695.
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1791-1797
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