A voyage round the world, between the years 1816-1819
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is part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
creator: Roquefeuil, Camille de
issued: 2015-09
issued: 1823
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extent: 112 pages ; 23 cm
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note: The University of British Columbia Library THE CHUNG COLLECTION •fi' * if utttwrnt*?' imu, tbs •ijatssaar^iiifSRiiefflBK Ilffi «:£E1§5 Mki -**; VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BETWEEN THE i YEARS 1816—1819. BY M. CAMILLE DE ROQUEFEUIL, IN THE SHIF LE BOKDELA1S. LONDON: PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS and Co. BRIDE-COURT, BRIDGE-STREET. 1823. ft § D. Sidney and Co. Printers, Northumberland Street, Strand. VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, Between the Years 1816—19. THE maritime commerce of France, almost annihilated by the revolution, by the wars, and the errors which have survived it, was, at the time of the second restoration, confined within very narrow limits; and to aggravate its distress, an enprmous quantity of ready money was periodically taken from us, comformably to the late treaties. Under such circumstances, it was certainly undertaking an enterprize useful to France, to seek new markets for the national industry; to attempt, by means of our own produce, to revive and to maintain our commercial relations with a country, whose productions Europe has not been able to obtain, till these latter times, without sacrificing a considerable portion of the precious metals which are supplied by the New World. M. Balguerie, jun. of Bourdeaux, a merchant, whose fortune and honour have withstood the vicissitudes of the revolution, has acquired a double claim to the esteem and gratitude of the public, by fitting out alone, at a great expense, an expedition to the South Sea and to the North-west Coast of America. His object was, to procure those articles which are in request in China, where they were to be sold, and the produce converted into merchandize of that country which is consumed in France, and with which our markets might thus be supplied, without the exportation of money, and by a useful employment of the produce of our soil, and of the French manufactures. Being at Bourdeaux in 1816, a superior officer of the navy, under whom I have had the honour to serve, had the kindness to…
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language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Phillips
current location: Rare Books and Special Collections
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source: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G440 .R7713 1823
subject: Bordelais (Ship)
subject: Voyages around the world
subject: Fur trade--Northwest, Pacific
subject: British Columbia--Description and travel
subject: Northwest Coast of North America
type: Text