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LA PLACE, Cyrille-Pierre-Theodore.
Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de Chine executee sur la Corvette de l'Etat la Favourite pendant les Annees 1830-32 sous le Commandment de La Place.
In the early decades of the 19th century, the French government, observing the growing interests of British, American, and Dutch voyages in Australia, Hawaii, and New Guinea, aimed to safeguard the rights and religious freedoms of French settlers in the South Pacific. Building upon the extensive knowledge collected by previous expeditions, particularly that of Jules Dumont d'Urville in the 1820s, they organized multiple voyages, including those of the Astrolabe and the Bayonnaise, with plans for a third expedition. Laplace's primary objective was to assert French influence in Indo-China, supplementing the efforts of Hyacinthe de Bougainville. Additionally, Laplace was tasked with gathering valuable information for merchants, including customs regulations, harbor conditions, entry requirements, and market insights. Laplace's voyage marked a shift in emphasis from voyages of discovery to politically-motivated expeditions.
- Published
- Paris: Librarie de la Societe de Geographie de Paris, 1835 & 1839.
- References
- Hill I, p.175; Sabin 38985; Ferguson 1669; Bobins 297.
- Plates
- 137
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 100001-1m
- Published
- Paris: Librarie de la Societe de Geographie de Paris, 1835 & 1839.
- Ref
- 5256
Atlas Historique: folio, 72 hand-coloured aquatints. Atlas Hydrographique: 12 large uncoloured charts on 11 sheets, both in contemporary half polished calf with red and roan and green morocco labels on spine. 5 x 8vo volumes; of which four vols are of text, and one vol with 70 plates, of which 65 are hand-coloured natural history type plates, in matching polished quarter calf, gilt, with green, red, and tan morocco labels. The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being of a high finish and intensity. SCARCE. "The purpose of the voyage was not to amuse the natives with trinkets but to show the French flag in eastern and other waters, to re-establish French influence over Indo-China and the Pacific" (Hill). The voyage was also very successful scientifically. The hydrographic work was thorough and reliable, and a good collection of natural history specimens were collected. The author visited; Singapore, Manila, Canton, Batavia, Chile, and other ports. The Favourite covered some 56,000 miles on her 28-month voyage. Coloured plates in order: Atlas Historique: 1. Ile de Goree. 2. Village de Bel-Air, sur la Cote d'Afrique. 3. La Favorite, en route pour Bourbon au commencement de l'ouragan. 4. La Favorite appareillant de Bourbon a l'approche du deuxième ouragan. 5. Riviere de St. Denis (Ile Bourbon). 6. Chute d'Eau, au Reduit, Ile Maurice. 7. Port-Louis a l'Ile de France. 8. Port-Louis (Ile de France). 9. Eglise des Pamplemousses, a l'Ile de France. 10. Habitation a Mahe, (Seychelles). 11. Entree d'une Pagode a Pondichery. 12. Cours d'une Pagode (Pondichery). 13. Tombeau d'une Bramine brûlée sur le bucher de son mari. 14. Palais du Gouverneur a Pondichery. 15. Marche de Pondichery. 16. Bayaderes de Pondichery. 17. Pondichery: Fakir / Femmes du peuple. 18. Madras: Parias cantoniers / Parias homme et femme. 19. Madras. 20. Echouage de la Favorite sur la fausse pointe Divy. 21. Riviere de Yanaon. 22. Riviere de Yanaon. Etablissement Francais dans l'Inde. 23. Debarcadere a Malacca. 24. Vue prise a Malacca. 25. Entree de la Riviere de Malacca. 26. Restes des Fortifications Portugaises a Malacca. 27. Port du Sincapour. 28. Sincapour. 29. La Corvette la Favorite au mouillage de Manille. 30. Depart pour la Chasse au Cerf aux environs de Manille. 31. Chute d'Eau a Hala Hala. 32. La Favorite au mouillage, durant le Colla de Manille. 33. Eglise dans un Faubourg au Sud de Manille. 34. Pont de Manille. 35. Pêcheurs dans la Riviere de Passit. 36. Site dans la rivière de Passig. 37. Cochinchine-Philippines: Femmes Cochinchinoises / Togals. 38. Manille: Tagals homme et femme / Illocos homme et femme. 39. Factoreries a Canton. 40. Couvert de la Guia a Macau. 41. Port de l'Entree de la Typa. 42. Macao. 43. Village Chinois. 44. Precession Chinoise a Macao. 45. Ile du Tigre et Batteries de Bocca-Tigres. 46. Une rue de Canton. 47. Canton: Homme de la haute classe / Femme de la haute classe. 48. Canton: Homme et Femmes du peuple / Barbier Chinois. 49. Pagode dans une Grotte, a Touranne. 50. Rochers de Marbre en Cochinchine. 51. Reception du Commandant de la Favorite par un Mandarin Cochinchinois. 52. Village Cochinchinois. 53. Jeux Guerriers a Bankalang (Java). 54. Cochinchine: Soldats de la Garde de l'Empereur / Soldats de l'Armee. 55. Residence de Bezouki (Java). 56. Cochinchine: Mandarin de Guerre / Mandarin Civil. 57. Maison du Gouverneur a Sourabaya. 58. Riviere de Sourabaya. 59. Riviere de Bezouki a Java. 60. Riviere de Bezouki. 61. Banjowangui. 62. Riviere de Derwent (Van Diemen). 63. Sydney. Etablissement principal de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud. 64. Vooloo-Moloo ou Port Jackson. 65. Plage de Korora-Reka (Nouvelle Zelande). 66. Nouvelle Zélande: Jeune Fille / Chef de Guerriers. 67. La Favorite franchissant la Passe de Korora-Reka (Nouvelle Zelande). 68. La Favorite en route pour Valparaiso. 69. Valparaiso. 70. Valparaiso: Sereno / Guaco. 71. Rio-Janeiro. 72. La Grande Rue a Rio-Janeiro. Atlas Hydrographique: [All 12 charts uncoloured, so not listed nor photographed]. Octavo volume # 5- Natural History: Anatomy. 1. Parties sexuelles et bouche des Marsupiaux (11 figs). 2. Parties sexuelles des Marsupiaux (6 figs). 3. Parties sexuelles des Marsupiaux (7 figs). 4. Os Marsupial Bassin, Epaule (6 figs). Civet. 5. Viverra indica. Rodent. 6. Paephagomys. Birds. 7. Pteroglossus ulocomus. 8. Tyrannus gutturalis. 9. Turdus Albo-specularis. Male 10. Turdus Albo-specularis. Female. 11. Turdus occipitalis. 12. Anthus variegatus. Female. 13. Pipra Lapacei. 14. Fringilla diuca. 15. Passerina montana. 16. Emberiza luctuosa. 17. Corvus Beecheii. 18. Muscicapa regia. 19. Aleedo Vintsioides. 20. Columba Boliviana. 21. Columba viridis. Reptiles. 22. Uropeltis, philippinus. 23. Draco Paradalis. 24. Tropidonotus spliogaster. 25. Homalopsis Plumbea. Fish. 26. Echeneis 16-lamellata. 27. Syngnathus Blainvilleanus. Insects. 28. Collyris Cheorolatti / Feronia Eydouxii / Feronia erratica. 29. Cnemacanthus Desmarestii. 30. Cnemacanthus parallelus / Cnemacanthus gibbosus / Feronia Chaudoirii. 31. Stigmodera conjuncta / Elater luteipennis / Elater abdominalis. 32. Elater (4 figs). 33. Elater (5 figs). 34. Epiclines Gayi / Cryptorhopalum quadripunctatum / Cryptorhopalum Cleryi. 35. Athyreus recticornis / Callicnemis eximius / Melolontha chinensis. 36. Eupholus Tupinierii / Stenopterus Molorchoides / Hispa pulchella / Galleruea smaragdipennis. 37. Choeradodis lobata. 38. Phasma obscurum. 39. Pygidierana picta / Acanthodis ululina. 40. Cicada (3 figs). 41. Cicada saccata. Spiders. 42. Acanthodon Petitii. 43. Mygale rosea / Salticus quadrimaculatus. Crustaceans. 44. Macrophthalmus pectinipes. 45. Macrophthalmus (2 figs) 46. Porcellana (3 figs). 47. Porcellana (3 figs). Centipedes. 48. Scolopendra Eydouxiana. 49. Polydesmus margaritiferus / Pol Blainvillii. Shells. 50. Helix Tupinierii. 51. Helix (5 figs). 52. Helix (5 figs). 53. Cyclostoma (7 figs). 54. Unio (8 figs). 55. Unio Bonneaudii / Cyrena Gaudichaudii. Butterflies and Moths. 56. Papillo Archidamas (2 figs). 57. Pieris Enarete / Pieris Ega / Callidrias amphitrite. 58. Satyrus (3 figs). 59. Satyrus Montrolii (2 figs). 60. Hecatesia thyridion / Deilephila Eras. 61. Bombyx socialis / Bombyx cinnamomea. 62. Bombyx affinis / Bombyx dedecora. 63. Saturnia Laptacei. Male. 64. Saturnia Laptacei. Female. 65. Lithosia liboria / Crambus concinnalis.
