A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus
by Chappe d'Auteroche abbé
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Description and travel, Natural history, Transit, Clocks and watches, Cod fisheries, Cod-fisheries, Venus (Planet), Chronometers, Atlantic cod fisheriesPeople
Julien Leroy (1686-1759)Places
Mexico, Venus (Planet), Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula), Saint Pierre (Island), Salé (Morocco), Baja California, Sallee (Morocco), St. Pierre (Island)Times
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A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus
1778, Printed for E. and C. Dilly
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Edition Notes
Last page erroneously numbered 315
"Extract of a letter from Mexico addressed to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, by Don Joseph Anthony de Alzate y Ramirez ... relative to the natural history of the country adjacent to the city of Mexico": p. 77-105
A translation of the two works published by Cassini: "Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769 ... par feu m. Chappe d'Auteroche. Redigé et publié par m. de Cassini fils. Paris, 1772," and "Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769 pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par m. Le Roy. Paris, 1770."
Includes bibliographical references
Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Landmarks II, monographs)
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