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Title: A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769
Year: 1772 (1770s)
Authors: Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811. 1n Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798, tr. cn
Subjects: La Boudeuse (Frigate) Voyages around the world
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Nourse (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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