Traveling around the world to Bussoli and Astrolabia
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This volume of the “Great Travelers" series represents the legacy of one of the most famous navigators of the Enlightenment - Jean Francois de Galo, Count de Laperuse (1741–1788) The publication is based on the first translation into Russian of the diaries of a great traveler.
The world -ce -free swimming route, prescribed by Louis XVI to the Royal Fleet officer, Jean Francois de Laperuz, surpassed everything that was known until then: France was about to surpass all UK achievements in the geographical discoveries of unknown lands. By parting Laperuse, the king said: I will consider the most happy outcome of the expedition if it ends without the loss of human lives. Unfortunately, the wish of Louis did not come true. The expedition disappeared in March 1788: “Lapruz disappeared without a trace in the vast blue ocean,” wrote the famous philosopher Thomas Carleil, “and only his mournful mysterious shadow does not leave our minds and hearts ...” Only 40 years later in the western part of the quiet
The world -ce -free swimming route, prescribed by Louis XVI to the Royal Fleet officer, Jean Francois de Laperuz, surpassed everything that was known until then: France was about to surpass all UK achievements in the geographical discoveries of unknown lands. By parting Laperuse, the king said: I will consider the most happy outcome of the expedition if it ends without the loss of human lives. Unfortunately, the wish of Louis did not come true. The expedition disappeared in March 1788: “Lapruz disappeared without a trace in the vast blue ocean,” wrote the famous philosopher Thomas Carleil, “and only his mournful mysterious shadow does not leave our minds and hearts ...” Only 40 years later in the western part of the quiet
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Travel & tourism
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-110867-0
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