| Relation Du Voyage de la Mer Du Sud Aux Cotes Du Chily Et Du Perou, Fait Pendant Les Années 1712, 1713 & 1714 Contributor(s): Frézier, Amédée-François (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108073735 ISBN-13: 9781108073738 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography - Travel |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.47 lbs) 422 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first reliable maps of the Chilean and Peruvian coasts were drawn by the French explorer Am d e-Fran ois Fr zier (1682-1773). In 1712, he was sent on a spying mission to the Spanish ports and fortifications of South America, travelling along the Pacific coastline as far as Callao, the port of Lima. His maps were later used by two of France's most famous explorers, Bougainville and Lap rouse. Fr zier also took a keen interest in botany, mineralogy, economics and anthropology. His most celebrated achievement is the introduction to Europe of the Chilean strawberry, which was used to create the hybrid species known today as the garden strawberry. Fr zier's observations and illustrations of the people, plants and animals he encountered on his South American travels are given in this popular account, published in Paris in 1716 and subsequently translated into several European languages. |