ROCQUEFEUIL, Camille de (1781-1831). Journal d'un Voyage Autour du Monde. Paris, 1823. FIRST EDITION.
2 volumes, 8vo (201 x 131 mm). 2 engraved folding maps; half-titles. (Spotting to preliminary leaves, minor mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary blind-panelled calf gilt (rebacked). Provenance: A. Gaidre? (signatures).FIRST EDITION of the only account of the third French circumnavigation of the globe, with an important account of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, California, and Hawaii. "The ships Le Bordelais and Junior departed Bordeaux, France, October 19, 1816, sailed around Cape Horn, stopped at the Galapagos Islands, continued to the Northwest coast and Alaska, visited the Marquesas and the Hawaiian Islands after a second trip to the Northwest coast of America, then continued to Macao and around the world" (Forbes). "Attempts at trading in California, Nootka and Sitka were financial failures. Despite lack of profit however France now had an up-to-date report on conditions on the west coast of America from California to the Aleutians, on Hawaii, the Marquesas, and on the prospects for trade in each of these areas " (Hill). Cowan I p. 195; Forbes 569; see Hill 1483 (English edition); Howes R-438; Lada-Mocarski 86; Sabin 73149.
