{"product_id":"9782080428455","title":"DARING FRENCH EXPLORATIONS","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure. Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Lapérouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pagès, and Roquefeuil-embark readers on sixteen voyages around the world from 1714 to 1854. A selection of firsthand accounts culled from their maritime travelogues recounts the trials and tribulations the explorers encountered as they charted new routes to remote territories. Their unfiltered observations on wide-ranging themes-from geopolitics and commerce to climate change and global cultures-resonate with contemporary issues. This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of world exploration. Driven by a spirit of adventure and a passion for expeditions, inveterate collector Hubert Sagnières has drawn from his extensive library to curate this unprecedented introduction to the glory days of French naval history. Award-winning author Edward Duyker is a fellow at the Australian Academy of the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLAMMARION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48226332410091,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":107.46,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9782080428455-1.jpg?v=1781716312","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9782080428455","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}