Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée

Title

Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée

Reference Number

DS658 .So 59v

Creator

Date

1776

Format

Publisher

Description

Full title: Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée : dans lequel on trouve la description des lieux, des observations physiques & morales, & des détails relatifs à l'histoire naturelle dans le regne animal & le regne végétal.
Hoping to break into the spice trade controlled by the Dutch, the French sent expeditions to the Malay archipelago to study the people and the plant and animal life. Despite its title, most of the book describes the Philippines.

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

206 pages

Is Part Of

Asia - Southeast Asia Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

56