Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764... - 9781108074728

Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764Avec des observations sur le dtroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons\nAuthor(s): Antoine-Joseph Pernety\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108074728, 978-1108074728\nSynopsis\nA Benedictine scholar and naturalist, Antoine-Joseph Pernety [tel] produced this early and invaluable description of the natural history of the Falkland Islands (or isles Malouines). He had arrived there as part of the 17634 expedition led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, claiming the islands for France. A small colony was established, allowing Pernety to provide an account of an ecosystem as yet unaffected by a human population. He spent some months studying the landscape, flora, fauna and climate, and his observations and drawings were published in these two volumes in [tel]a one-volume English translation of 1771 is also reissued in this series). Addition.