Books in the Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764 2 Volume set series

Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96) joined Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's expedition in 1763-4 to claim the Falkland Islands for France. Published in 1770, this two-volume work presents his observations on the islands' natural history. Volume 1 describes the journey and the inspiration behind it, and details the fauna and flora discovered.