Published in French in 1770, this two-volume work presents first-hand observations on the natural history of the Falkland Islands.

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A Benedictine scholar and naturalist, Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96) produced this early and invaluable description of the natural history of the Falkland Islands (or isles Malouines). He had arrived there as part of the 1763-4 expedition led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, claiming the islands for France. A small colony was established, allowing Pernety to provide an account of an ecosystem as yet unaffected by a human population. He spent some months studying the landscape, flora, fauna and climate, and his observations and drawings were published in these two volumes in 1770 (a one-volume English translation of 1771 is also reissued in this series). Additional material from other voyages, to Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan, provides information on contact with indigenous peoples in South America. Volume 1 discusses the inspiration behind the 1763-4 expedition, detailing the journey itself before continuing to an in-depth study of the natural history of the Falklands.

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Avis des libraires; Discours préliminaire; Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines: Introduction; 1. Route sur mer jusqu'au passage de la ligne; 2. Baptême de la ligne; 3. Voyage depuis l'Equateur jusqu'aus côtes du Brésil; 4. Descente à l'Isle de Sainte-Catherine; 5. Histoire naturelle de l'Isle Sainte-Catherine, et de la côte du Brésil; 6. Des moeurs et usages des Brasiliens; 7. Route de l'isle de Sainte-Catherine à Monte-video; 8. Relâche à Monte-video, et digression sur les Jésuites; 9. Réunion du Sphinx et de l'Aigle; 10. Des loix, des moeurs, et des coutumes de Monte-video; 11. De quelques particularités sur les Indiens du Paraguay; 12. Histoire naturelle de Monte-video; 13. Observations particulieres sur l'herbe du Paraguay; 14. Départ pour les isles Malouines; 15. Descente aux isles Malouines; 16. Etablissement dans cette nouvelle contrée; 17. On construit un fort, et on éleve un obélisque.