1847 Lucry Voyages Atlas CHINA South America Jungles Color Engravings CORTEZ 8v

1847 Lucry Voyages Atlas CHINA South America Jungles Color Engravings CORTEZ 8v

Gabriel Lafond de Lucry was a 19^th-century French sailor who is best remembered for his voyages in South America and political appointments in Costa Rica. In 1843, Lucry published an eight-volume work describing his world voyages under the title ‘Voyages autour du monde’. This work covered his exploration in the Americas, adventures on the sea, China, as well as reports of famous shipwrecks!

This eight-volume printing of Lucry’s ‘Voyages’ includes full-page engravings, many of which are in beautiful color. Notable plates include illustrations of local tribes and views of:

• Hernan Cortez and Princess Marina in Mexico
• Sandwich Islands
• Baptisms in New Zealand
• Human sacrifice ritual in Tahiti
• Persian Gulf Pirates fighting Georges d’Arnouville
• Chinese ceremonies and customs; jongluers and physicians
• Bombardment of Tangiers
• Jungles of Bolivia and Guatemala
• Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar
• 1842 shipwreck of Waterloo, convict ship
• Hand-to-hand fighting with a Borneo orangutan

Item number: #24420

Price: $950

LURCY, Gabriel Lafond de

Voyages autour du monde et naufrages célèbres … par le capitaine G. Lafond.

Paris: administration de Librairie, 1847.

Details:

• Collation: 8 volumes
  • 1 – [4], 422
    • 12 engraved plates
  • 2 – [4], 432
    • 8 engraved plates
  • 3 – [4], 430
    • 11 engraved plates
  • 4 – [4], 423, [1]
    • 9 engraved plates
  • 5 – [4], 424
    • 9 engraved plates
  • 6 – II, 3-423, [1]
    • No general title page
    • 6 engraved plates
  • 7 – [4], 415, [1]
    • 5 engraved plates
  • 8 – [4], 440
    • 13 engraved plates
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; secure
  • Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)
  • Very rare and desirable

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