Sabin, 38983; Judd, 105; O’Reilly & Reitman, 984; not in Hill & Ferguson.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of Laplace’s second voyage of circumnavigation, of the greatest importance in the consolidation of French interests in the Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n Begun five years after his earlier voyage in the Favorite<\/i>, the objectives here were to advance wherever possible French political and commercial interests in the Pacific, particularly with respects to Tahiti and Hawa\u00ef. The map of the voyage shows the route travelled by both this and Laplace’s earlier voyage on the Favorite 1830-32. John Dunmore, in French Exploration in the Pacific discusses this voyage at length and concludes: “The importance of the expeditions of the Venus<\/i>, the Art\u00e9mise<\/i> and the Heroine<\/i> in laying the foundations for the subsequent sharing-out of Oceania should never be overlooked.”<\/p>\n A visit was made to Tasmania where the captain, who had been instructed to look for possible sites for a penal colony, examined the prison system. A lengthy account is included of the stop at Sydney. The set is complete with the rare sixth volume, which is often lacking. It gives the account of the Art\u00e9mise’s<\/i> visit to California, includes stops at San Francisco and Monterey, and is illustrated with a fine view of the mission of San Carlos at Monterey.<\/p>\n “Laplace re\u00e7oit en 1835 le commandement de l’Art\u00e9mise<\/i> pour une deuxi\u00e8me circumnavigation. Dans son \u00e9tat major, on rencontre le lieutenant de vaisseau P\u00e2ris (qui en est \u00e0 son troisi\u00e8me tour du monde!) et trois jeunes officiers, futurs ministres de la Marine : Dompierre d’Hormoy, Montaignac, et Fourichon. Parti de Toulon, Laplace se rend d’abord \u00e0 New York pour une mission diplomatique. Il gagne ensuite l’Oc\u00e9an Indien pour compl\u00e9ter son pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent voyage. Il fait escale \u00e0 Moka dans la Mer Rouge, \u00e0 Mascate, \u00e0 Pondich\u00e9ry, \u00e0 Ceylan et gagne l’Extr\u00eame-Orient par Singapour. Il navigue le long des c\u00f4tes de l’Annam, de la Chine m\u00e9ridionale, rel\u00e2che \u00e0 Manille, \u00e0 Batavia, \u00e0 Port Jackson, puis traverse le Pacifique du sud au nord vers Tahiti et les \u00eeles Sandwich. A Hawa\u00ef, Laplace signe avec le roi Kamehameha III une convention commerciale. L’Art\u00e9mise<\/i> longe ensuite les c\u00f4tes am\u00e9ricaines de San Francisco \u00e0 Valparaiso, s\u00e9journe \u00e0 Rio et regagne Lorient an avril 1840. Tr\u00e8s riche au point de vue g\u00e9ographique et \u00e9conomique, le voyage de l’Art\u00e9mise<\/i> a permis de signer des trait\u00e9s d’amiti\u00e9 avec les souverains de Tahiti et d’Hawa\u00ef. Il a ainsi pr\u00e9par\u00e9 l’oeuvre de Dupetit Thouars” (Numa Broc).<\/p>\n This important book is illustrated with 31 plates includes views of Port Arthur, Tasmania, Honolulu, Manilla, Macao, Calcutta, Bombay and various places in Indo-China. Other points of interest are the details on commerce of the Arabian Peninsula (Muskat, al-Muka, and Banda-Abbas) as well on trade with Iran.<\/p>\n Some wear to corners and light spotting on some leaves, some views toned, but a very fine set in its original publisher’s boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6 volumes, 8vo (237 x 153 mm) XXXIX, 343 pp. 1 nn.l., 1 large folding map, 7 engraved plates for volume I; 2 unn.ll., 467 pp., 2 nn.ll., 1 large folding plate, 5 engraved plates for volume II; 2 nn.ll., 548 pp., 1 nn.l., 6 plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 464 pp., 2 nn.ll., 5 engraved plates for volume IV; 2 nn.ll., III, 542 pp., 1 nn.l., 4 engraved plates for volume V; 2 nn.ll., 400 pp., 4 engraved plates for volume VI. Original printed green publisher\u2019s boards (some light wear or foxing).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":74750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1407,1450,1409],"class_list":{"0":"post-74759","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-circum-2","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"product_tag-oceania","10":"pa_auteur-laplace-pierre-simon-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Pierre Simon LAPLACE","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, imprimerie de Ch. Lahure pour Arthus Bertrand , 1841-1854","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n