The expedition of the St. Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770 : from journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labé

Author(s)

• Surville, Jean François de
• Labé, Guillaume
• Dunmore, John

Bibliographic Information

The expedition of the St. Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770 : from journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labé

translated and edited by John Dunmore

（Works / issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd ser., no. 158）

Hakluyt Society, 1981

Other Title

Expedition of the Saint Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770

Note

Bibliography: p. 294-301

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The St Jean-Baptiste expedition, under the command of Jean-Francois-Marie de Surville, entered the Pacific by way of the Northern Philippines, made a landfall in the Solomons, sailed to New Zealand where they narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavour, and crossed the southern Pacific to the coast of Peru, where Surville met his death in an attempt to obtain help for his decimated crew. His journal, and that of his first officer Guillaume Labe present a complementaruy two-man picture of the expedition.

Table of Contents

• Contents: Preface
• Introduction
• The Journal of Surville (22 August 1769 to 1 January 1770)
• The journal of Labe (22 August 1769 to 1 January 1770)
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA04692770
• ISBN:
  • 0904180115
• LCCN: 81215217
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 310 p., [9] p. of plates
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G161
  • LCC : DU20
  • DC19 : 910/.9 s
  • DC19 : 910/.09164
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- French
  • LCSH : Surville, Jean François de, 1717-1770
  • LCSH : Labé, Guillaume
  • LCSH : St. Jean Baptiste (Ship)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00297592