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Chabert's Voyage to North America

Title: Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans L'Amerique Septentrionale Pour rectifier les Cartes des Cötes de L'Acadie, de L'Isle Royale & de L'Isle de Terre-Neuve...
Author: Chabert de Cogolin, Joseph Bernard de
Description: [2], viii, 288, [10] pp. Engraved printer's vignette on title, engraved headpiece at the beginning of the first chapter, engraved tailpieces; 6 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 1 folding table. (4to) 9¾x7½, rebacked half calf with raised bands over original marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. First Edition.Ink stamp of the Admiralty Library on title. "Mr. Chabert's work is highly praised by the commission appointed by the French Academy of Science to examine it, and is recommended as a model to future navigators. It is divided into two parts: the first containing an account of the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg, and his four expeditions to the neighboring coasts and islands; the second part containing the astronomical observations at large" - Sabin. The work is considered especially valuable for his accurate astronomical observations. Sabin 11723.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: L'Imprimerie Royale
Date Published: 1753