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Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans les Mers du Sud : ms.S, 1844-1848.
BANC MSS P-N 101
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Title:
Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans les Mers du Sud : ms.S, 1844-1848Creator/Contributor:
Fargara, Martial., creatorAbstract:
Journal of a voyage on the French frigate La Lamproie, April 25, 1844-July 1, 1848. The voyage extended from Toulon to the
South Sea Islands, via South America, Mexico, and San Francisco, touching at Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, Lima, Realejo
and León (Nicaragua), Mazatlán (January, 1845), Acapulco, San Francisco (August, 1846), the Sandwich Islands (September, 1846),
Marquesas, and Tahiti (January, 1847-July, 1848). Fargara gives an account of French and English settlements in South America,
Central America, and the Pacific islands; politics in Nicaragua; Mexico and her hatred of the French; Protestant and Catholic
missionaries in the Islands; audience with Kamehameha III and his court in Honolulu; and the homecoming of Queen Pomare to
Tahiti.
Date:
1844 (issued)Subject:
La Lamproie (frigate)Voyages and travels
Ships
Nicaragua -- Politics and government
Hawaii
Note:
In French.
Physical Description:
241 p. 22 cm.
Language:
French
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-N 101