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Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans les Mers du Sud : ms. S, 1844-1848.
BANC MSS P-N 101LOCAL
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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:
ncnq--- -- n-us-hiVoyages and travels
Ships
Voyages
Navires
journeys
ships
Politics and government
Ships
Voyages and travels
Nicaragua -- Politics and government
Hawaii
Nicaragua -- Politique et gouvernement
Hawaii
Hawaii
Nicaragua
La Lamproie (frigate)
Note:
In French.
Physical Description:
241 pages 22 cm
Language:
French
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-N 101LOCAL