| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | A voyage to California to observe the transit of Venus
| | | | Creator: | Chappe d'Auterocheabbâe, 1728-1769 | | | | | Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845 | | | | | Alzate y Ramâirez, Josâe Antonio de, 1737-1799 | | | | Publication: | Printed for E. & C. Dilly, London,1778. | | | | Notes: | Last page incorrectly numbered 315. "Extract of a letter from Mexico addressed to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, by Don Joseph Anthony de Alzate y Ramyrez ... relative to the natural history of the country adjacent to the city of Mexico": p. 77-105. Apparently a translation of the two works published by Cassini: "Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vâenus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769 ... par feu m. Chappe d'Auteroche. Redigâe et publiâe par m. de Cassini fils. Paris, 1772", and "Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769 pour âeprouver les montres marines inventâees par m. Le Roy. Paris, 1770." | | | | Call #: | HF486 R332 | | | | Extent: | 215 p. front. (fold. plan) 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Leroy, Julien, -- 1686-1759 | Natural history -- Mexico | Cod-fisheries | Clocks and watches | Mexico -- Description and travel | Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Description and travel | Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1769 | Saint Pierre (Island)
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