Daring French Explorations

Description

Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure. Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Lapérouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pagès, and Roquefeuil-embark readers on sixteen voyages around the world from 1714 to 1854. A selection of firsthand accounts culled from their maritime travelogues recounts the trials and tribulations the explorers encountered as they charted new routes to remote territories. Their unfiltered observations on wide-ranging themes-from geopolitics and commerce to climate change and global cultures-resonate with contemporary issues. This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of world exploration. Driven by a spirit of adventure and a passion for expeditions, inveterate collector Hubert Sagnières has drawn from his extensive library to curate this unprecedented introduction to the glory days of French naval history. Award-winning author Edward Duyker is a fellow at the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Détails

Auteur: Hubert Sagnières

Editeur: Flammarion

Collection: Beaux-Livres

Format: Relié

Presentation: Relié

Date de parution: 28 Février 2024

Nombre de pages: 400

Poids: 2000

Dimensions: 27,8 x 33 x 3,9

Prix publique: 75,00 €

Information complémentaires

Numéro de série: 1714

Classification: Arts et Beaux livres > Beaux livres illustrés (histoire, nature, mode, transports...) > Histoire, Civilisation, Société

Code Classification: 3667 > 3710 > 3711

EAN-13: 9782080428455