Daring French Explorations: Trailblazing Adventures around the World: 1714-1854, Featuring Bougainville, Laprouse, Dumont dUrville, and more

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Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure.

Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Laprouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pags, 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This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of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.

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This is the perfect book for armchair travellers, with vicarious adventures from start to finish. The Lady

A collection of sixteen first-person travelogues, alongside intricate maps and etchings, all lovingly curated by Hubert Sagnires from his private collection. The Lady

Author Bio

Driven by a spirit of adventure and a passion for expeditions, inveterate collector Hubert Sagnires 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.