French pages of the chronicle of the Ussuri region (1709-1855)
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French pages of the chronicle of the Ussuri region (1709-1855)
59.99 €
47.99 €
The book "French Pages of the Chronicle of the Ussuri Region" is the first attempt to collect, translate and comment on diary entries, printed and handwritten memoirs and reports of the discoverers of the Japanese coast of Manchuria for European naval departments and geographical science in general. It is dedicated to three expeditions of French sailors in the late 18th and mid-19th centuries.
First, this is the round-the-world voyage (1785-1788) of the frigates "Boussole" and "Astrolabe" under the general leadership of Count La Perouse: his diary entries represent the first documentary evidence of the coast of the north of the Ussuri region.
Secondly, this is the round-the-world voyage (1850-1854) of the corvette "Restless" under the command of Captain 1st Rank Gaston Roquemorel: in August 1852, the corvette's crew carried out a topographic survey of the sea area on the border with Korea, as a result of which the first detailed map of the modern Posyet Bay appeared, and the reports and memoirs of the commander and sailors of the corvette reveal unknown details of the life and ethnicity of the inhabitants of the bay. And finally, thirdly, this is the hydrographic expedition of the Anglo-French allied forces in August-September 1855 to the shores where the city of Vladivostok is currently located: the flagship of the French East India squadron, the frigate Virginia, with the commander Rear Admiral Guerin on board, participated in a joint Anglo-French description of the coast and the compilation of the first European maps, in particular, the Golden Horn Bay, Amur and Ussuri Bays.
In addition to describing the wanderings of French navigators in the Far Eastern seas, the book tells about their predecessors - Jesuit cartographers in the service of the Qing court in Beijing. Two land expeditions to Manchuria, undertaken by French missionaries at the request of the Emperor of the Qing Empire in 1709 and 1710, became the first attempt to describe the Ussuri region, later serving as the basis for sending French sea expeditions to this part of the world.
First, this is the round-the-world voyage (1785-1788) of the frigates "Boussole" and "Astrolabe" under the general leadership of Count La Perouse: his diary entries represent the first documentary evidence of the coast of the north of the Ussuri region.
Secondly, this is the round-the-world voyage (1850-1854) of the corvette "Restless" under the command of Captain 1st Rank Gaston Roquemorel: in August 1852, the corvette's crew carried out a topographic survey of the sea area on the border with Korea, as a result of which the first detailed map of the modern Posyet Bay appeared, and the reports and memoirs of the commander and sailors of the corvette reveal unknown details of the life and ethnicity of the inhabitants of the bay. And finally, thirdly, this is the hydrographic expedition of the Anglo-French allied forces in August-September 1855 to the shores where the city of Vladivostok is currently located: the flagship of the French East India squadron, the frigate Virginia, with the commander Rear Admiral Guerin on board, participated in a joint Anglo-French description of the coast and the compilation of the first European maps, in particular, the Golden Horn Bay, Amur and Ussuri Bays.
In addition to describing the wanderings of French navigators in the Far Eastern seas, the book tells about their predecessors - Jesuit cartographers in the service of the Qing court in Beijing. Two land expeditions to Manchuria, undertaken by French missionaries at the request of the Emperor of the Qing Empire in 1709 and 1710, became the first attempt to describe the Ussuri region, later serving as the basis for sending French sea expeditions to this part of the world.
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