Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale, depuis la côte de la Mer du Sud, jusqu'aux côtes du Brésil & de la Guyane, en descendant la riviere des Amazones

Author: Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774)Year: 1778Publisher: Chez Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux RouxPlace: MaestrichtDescription: xvi+379 pages with folding frontispiece copper engraving and folding map of the Amazon. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5") bound in half leather with green label to spine in gilt lettering and pictorial gilt designs over marbled boards. (Sabin 38485; Palau 129.374; Borba de Moraes I, 448) Later edition. First published in 1745.Charles Marie de La Condamine was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. After finishing his basic education in Paris, La Condamine embarked on a military career. He left the army for a brief stint (1730 31) of scientific study at the Academy of Sciences in Paris before leaving in May 1731 for what would become a yearlong sea voyage to various ports along the Mediterranean Sea coast. Returning to Paris, he reported his scientific observations on the journey to the academy. The members were sufficiently impressed to invite