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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/1/5
Former ReferenceD3311/227
Title"Voyage de Decouvertes Aux Terres Australes, 1800-1804: Volume 1", by F. Peron
Date1807
DescriptionBook describing the French search expedition led by Nicolas Baudin in southern lands, written by the naturalist on the expedition, Francois Peron; the volume covers the period March 1800 - November 1802.
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on front endpaper; half title page labelled John Philip Gell; full title page signed by John Franklin.
498 pages plus 15 introductory pages of report by L'Institut Imperial; table chapter at end of volume.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
LanguageFrench
TermAdmiralty

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Peron; Francois (1775-1810); naturalist and explorer
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