Travel around the world on the Astrolabe and the Compass

The Voyage around the world on the Astrolabe and the Compass is the newspaper of the forwarding of the French officer Jean-François of Perugia which led a scientific exploration campaign of the Northern and Southern Pacific of 1785 to 1789 before disappearing with its boats in a shipwreck with Vanikoro in the the Solomon Islands.

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Jean-François of Perugia

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