Excerpts from Diary of Paul Joseph Gaimard
Auteur : Paul Gaimard
Date de publication : 2018
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Résumé du livre
Translations from French of selected pages of manuscript journal of Paul Joseph Gaimard (1793-1858), assistant surgeon aboard the corvette Uranie and, after it was wreck, the Physicienne, in the voyage of circumnavigation (1817-1820) commanded by Louis de Freycinet. These extracts cover the trip from Toulon to Rio, a stay in Mauritius, and a crocodile hunt while in Timor. Some of the translated excerpts include page numbers referring to the original manuscript, and the translator has added editorial notes providing context to some of the excerpts.