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DUPETIT-THOUARS, Abel Aubert (1793 1864). Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Fregate la Venus pendant les annees 1836-1839, publie par ordre du Roi, sous les auspices du Ministre de la Marine, par M. Abel du Petit-Thouars, Capitaine de vaisseau, Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur. Paris: Gide, 1840-1843. 5 volumes, comprising 4 text volumes and one atlas volume. Text volumes: 8vo., (9 x 6 inches). Half-titles, 5 letterpress tables in volume one, including 3 folding, one letterpress table in volume II, 6 letterpress tables in volume III, including 3 folding, one letterpress table in volume IV (some spotting). Contemporary blue morocco backed, blue glazed paper boards (extremities scuffed). Atlas volume Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Fregate la Venus pendant les annees 1836-1839, publie par ordre du Roi, sous les auspices du Ministre de la Marine, par M. Abel du Petit-Thouars, Capitaine de vaisseau, Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur. Atlas Pittoresque. Paris: Gide, 1841: Folio (21 x 13 4/8 inches). Half-title. Fine double-page and folding engraved map of the world showing the route of the Venus, with original hand-colour in full, one full-page map engraved map Sydney, Australia, and 17 lithographed portraits with original hand-colour in full, 24 tinted lithographed panoramic views, 26 lithographed views printed on Papier de Chine and laid down on heavier stock, after Blanchard, Mesnard, Massetlot and others by Blanchard, Bichebois, Sabatier and others (some occasionally heavy spotting throughout). Contemporary green calf backed marbled paper boards (quite worn). Provenance: with the engraved library label of "Ex Museo del Montino", and the book label of De D. Jose Gomez de la Cortina, on the front paste-down of each volume, other bookplates removed from the front paste-downs and rear endpapers. Dupetit-Thouars' account of his stay in California, in 1837, is one of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period (Hill). First edition, and the earliest volumes of a work that eventually extended to include three further scientific studies: Botany, Zoology and Physical Science, in as many as 14 volumes of text and 4 atlas volumes. The magnificent atlas includes portraits of people from, and views in and around, Teneriffe, Brasil, Chile, Peru, Hawaii, Kamchatka, California - including the entrance to San Francisco, Mexico, Iles de Paques, the Galapagos, the Marquises, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Cape Town, as well as the magnificent double-page and folding world map "Carte Generale du Globe pour servir au Voyage de Circumnavigation de la Frigate La Venus sous le commandement de M. du Petit Thouars, Capitaine de vaisseau, Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur, 1836-1839" and the "Plan de la Ville de Sydney 1838". "This voyage, ostensibly to report on the whale fisheries in the Pacific, was political in nature. The presence of the frigate Vénus in ports around the world would be of value to French commerce and diplomacy. After rounding Cape Horn, the expedition made calls up the coast of South America, to Hawaii, Kamchatka, and to California in order to assist French traders who had been clamouring for support for some time. Dupetit-Thouars' account of his stay in California, in 1837, is one of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period. In 1838, the Vénus made a run for Easter Island, further investigated the coast of South America, then sailed for the Galapagos and Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, and New Zealand. At Tahiti, the expedition forced Queen Pomaré to write to the King of France apologizing for mistreatment of French priests, to pay an indemnity, and to salute the French flag. He had also made a treaty with Kamehameha III of Hawaii. After visits to Sydney and Mauritius, the ship sailed home, arriving after a voyage of thirty months" (Hill). Dupetit-Thouars' description of Upper California appears in volume II (pages 77-140). Bancroft reports that "from no other single work could be obtained so complete a. N° de ref. del artículo 72lib1385
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