by Jean Scemla · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221067031
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«Le voyage en Polynésie» is the anthology of chronicles compiled by Jean-Jo Scemla, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (1264 pages, in French).
It compiles chronicles by Western travellers who explored Polynesia from Cook's first contacts to the perspective of Victor Segalen. It brings together texts by Bougainville, Wallis, Bligh, Vancouver, Jack London and R. L. Stevenson, among others, tracing the history of discovery, colonisation and the European image of the Pacific islands.
Volume in the Bouquins collection from Robert Laffont (Paris, 1994). Includes biographical notes on travellers and figures, bibliographic references and index; 1264 pages.
Aimed at readers of exploration history and travel literature, with an interest in European chronicles on Polynesia.
