Mémoire historique : sur le voyage de Californie, de M. L'abbé Chappe, pour observer le passage de Venus, sur le disque du Soleil en 1769 : mss., 1770.

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Mémoire historique : sur le voyage de Californie, de M. L'abbé Chappe, pour observer le passage de Venus, sur le disque du Soleil en 1769 : mss., 1770.

Mémoire historique : sur le voyage de Californie, de M. L'abbé Chappe, pour observer le passage de Venus, sur le disque du Soleil en 1769 : mss., 1770.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51574117

Account of a voyage by French scientists in 1769 to Baja California. The scientists were commissioned by the Academie royale des sciences to make astronomical observations concerning the passage of Venus across the sun. The author recounts the many tribulations of the voyagers. Many fell ill, in particular the leader of the expedition, Abbé Chappe. The author returned to France and, in view of his continuing ill health, asked the government for a larger pension.

7 p.

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