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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/1/6
Former ReferenceD3311/228
Title"Voyage de Decouvertes Aux Terres Australes, 1800-1804: Volume 2", by F. Peron and L. Freycinet
Date1816
DescriptionBook describing the French search expedition led by Nicolas Baudin in southern lands, written partly by the naturalist on the expedition, Francois Peron, and completed by Louis Freycinet; the volume covers the period November 1802 - April 1804.
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on front endpaper; half title page labelled John Philip Gell; full title page signed by John Franklin.
471 pages plus 31 introductory pages of preface.
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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Freycinet; Louis de (1779-1841); navigator
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