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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Klappentext

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 2 includes this material from other authors. A series of detailed maps and drawings conclude the volume.

Inhalt

18. Singularité de la nature qu'on observe dans un endroit des isles Malouines; 19. Histoire naturelle des isles Malouines; 20. Retour en France; Observations sur le détroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons: Introduction; 1. Second voyage de la frégate l'Aigle; 2. Lettres sur les isles Malouines et sur les Patagons; 3. Nouveau voyage du sieur Duclos-Guyot au détroit de Magellan; 4. Nouvelles découvertes de M. de la Giraudais, sur les Patagons; Journal du voyage de dom Pernetty, aux isles Malouines; Extrait du journal de voyage du sieur Duclos Guyot sur la frégate l'Aigle, au détroit de Magellan; Extrait du journal de voyage du sieur de la Gyraudais, sur la flûte du roi l'Etoile, au détroit de Magellan; Recette de quelques remedes, donné a dom Pernetty par le gardien des Cordeliers de Monte-video; Dictionnaire des termes de marine employés dans cet ouvrage.