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A Benedictine scholar and naturalist, Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96) produced this early and invaluable description of the natural history of the Falkland Islands (or isles Malouines). He had arrived there as part of the 1763-4 expedition led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, claiming the islands for France. A small colony was established, allowing Pernety to provide an account of an ecosystem as yet unaffected by a human population. He spent some months studying the landscape, flora, fauna and climate, and his observations and drawings were published in these two volumes in 1770 (a one-volume English translation of 1771 is also reissued in this series). Additional material from other voyages, to Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan, provides information on contact with indigenous peoples in South America. Volume 2 includes this material from other authors. A series of detailed maps and drawings conclude the volume.

Natural history --- Falkland Islands. --- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Estrecho de Magellanes (Chile and Argentina) --- Strait of Magellan (Chile and Argentina) --- Malouines --- Îles Malouines --- Malouines, Îles --- Malvinas, Islas --- Islas Malvinas --- Malvinas Islands --- Malwinen --- Falklandsøyene --- Folklendskie ostrova --- Malʹvinskie ostrova --- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) --- Colony of the Falkland Islands --- Falklands --- Malvinas --- フォークランド諸島 --- Fōkurandoshotō --- Fōkurando Shotō --- フォークランド ショトウ --- Falklandinseln --- Malvinen --- Jungfernland --- Isles Maidenland --- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Dependencies --- Colony of Falkland Islands and Dependencies --- Falkland Islands and Dependencies --- Îles Falkland --- Фолклендские острова --- Islas Falkland --- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

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After the French and Indian War, in which France and England had fought over the control of North America, the French government decided to send an expedition to the Falkland Islands, or Isles Malouines, with a view to founding a colony where the Acadians expelled from Canada could settle. Under the command of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), the 1763-4 expedition claimed these islands for France and established a base at Port Saint Louis. This work, translated from French and first published in English in 1771, is an illustrated account of this endeavour by Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96), a naturalist and writer who took part in the expedition. Notably, it contains the first description of the geological phenomena of the stone runs on East Falkland. The latter part of the work is a compilation of letters and notes pertaining to subsequent voyages to Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan.

Natural history --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Falkland Islands --- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) --- Malouines --- Îles Malouines --- Malouines, Îles --- Malvinas, Islas --- Islas Malvinas --- Malvinas Islands --- Malwinen --- Falklandsøyene --- Folklendskie ostrova --- Malʹvinskie ostrova --- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) --- Colony of the Falkland Islands --- Falklands --- Malvinas --- フォークランド諸島 --- Fōkurandoshotō --- Fōkurando Shotō --- フォークランド ショトウ --- Falklandinseln --- Malvinen --- Jungfernland --- Isles Maidenland --- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Dependencies --- Colony of Falkland Islands and Dependencies --- Falkland Islands and Dependencies --- Îles Falkland --- Фолклендские острова --- Islas Falkland --- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands --- Estrecho de Magellanes (Chile and Argentina) --- Strait of Magellan (Chile and Argentina)

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Originally published in 1694, this record of recent voyages made by Sir John Narborough, Abel Tasman, John Wood and Friderich Martens includes Tasman's account of discovering Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642. Equally engaging, Narborough's journal records his voyage to the Straits of Magellan and his interest in the lands and peoples he encountered from 1669 to 1671. Here also are Wood's thoughts on his 1676 attempt to find a north-east passage to the East Indies, along with Martens' observations on Spitsbergen and whaling in northern waters in 1671. The extracts given here, translated where necessary, offer valuable insights into seventeenth-century navigation and exploration. A selection of illustrations, ranging from maps to depictions of exotic flora and fauna, accompany the text. A key reference for later navigators and for those interested in the history of maritime exploration, the book was also one of the oldest works in Darwin's library aboard the Beagle.

Voyages and travels --- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) --- Spitsbergen Island (Norway) --- Tasmania --- New Zealand --- Arctic regions --- Description and travel --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Polar regions --- Estrecho de Magellanes (Chile and Argentina) --- Strait of Magellan (Chile and Argentina) --- Aotearoa --- N.Z. (New Zealand) --- Nea Zēlandia --- Neu-Seeland --- Neuseeland --- Nieu-Seeland --- Niu-hsi-lan --- Nouvelle-Zélande --- Nov-Zelando --- Nova Zelanda --- Nova Zelandii︠a︡ --- Novai︠a︡ Zelandii︠a︡ --- Novai︠a︡ Zelandyi︠a︡ --- Novi Zeland --- Nový Zéland --- Novzelando --- Nowa Zelandia --- Nu Ziland --- Nueva Zelanda --- Nueva Zelandia --- Nuova Zelanda --- Nya Zeeland --- Nýja-Sjáland --- Nýsæland --- Nyū Jīrando --- Nyu Ziland --- Nyūjīrando --- NZ --- Seland Newydd --- Uus-Meremaa --- Zeelanda Berria --- Νέα Ζηλανδία --- Нова Зеландия --- Новая Зеландыя --- ניו זילנד --- ニュージーランド --- Tas --- Tassie --- State of Tasmania --- Tasmanien --- טסמניה --- Ṭasmanyah --- タスマニア州 --- Tasumania-shū --- タスマニア --- Tasumania --- Van Diemen's Land --- Shpit︠s︡bergen (Norway) --- Spitzbergen Island (Norway) --- Vestspitsbergen (Norway) --- West Spitsbergen (Norway) --- Svalbard (Norway)