Papers of Pierre de Lozier Bouvet, 1740-1741 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2303215
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Bouvet, Pierre de Lozier
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1740-1741]
- 50 p.
- Summary:
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Details in correspondence and memoranda of Bouvet's plans for a second (and circumnavigatory) voyage, written after his return from the discovery of Cap de la Circoncision (Bouvet Island), in the South Atlantic Ocean on 1st January, 1739. The papers throw light on the pre-Cook climate of opinion concerning Terra Australis and Pacific potentialities.
- Biography/History:
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French explorer.
- Notes:
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- Photocopy.
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 841.
- In reproducing this material, credit should be given to the James Ford Bell Collection of the University of Minnesota Library.
- Original held in James Ford Bell Collection, University of Minnesota Library.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A278
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1740-1741
- Occupation:
- Explorers
- Copyright:
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