[Rarebooks] FS: Combier: VOYAGE AU GOLFE DE CALIFORNIE

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Combier, C. [Cyprien]. VOYAGE AU GOLFE DE CALIFORNIE. GRANDS COURANTS 
DE LA MER. COURANTS GENERAUX ATMOSPHERIQUES. USAGES DE LA VIE 
MARITIME. TEMPETES VERS LE POLE AUSTRA. POISSONS ET OISEAUX DE LA 
MER. DESCRIPTION DE LA SONORA ET DE SES RICHESSES MINERALES. DE LA 
BASSE CALIFORNIE, SES VOLCANS, SES PRODUITS. PECHE DES PERLES. LA 
CHAINE DES CORDILLERES, SES FORETS. NUITS DE LA ZONE TORRIDE. Paris: 
Arthus Bertrand, [1864]. xvi, 544 pp. Illus. with 1 folding 
lithographed map (hand-colored in outline). 8vo. Quarter morocco over 
marbled boards, raised bands, six compartments, decorated in gilt, 
marbled endpapers, sewn-in silk bookmark. Sabin 14925. Barrett 555. 
Hill pp. 59-61. Palau 57920. First edition.

"Combier [a French merchant] set out to write an account of the 
voyages he had undertaken during the course of his business ventures 
in the New World. ...[and] established himself primarily in Guaymas 
and Hermosillo and sailed between Mexican ports such as Guaymas, 
Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Veracruz. He also visited Valparaiso, Chile 
and the La Paz- Loreto environs in Baja California. His observations 
of the people and the terrain visited were carefully noted and 
included in the account," (Hill p.61). Map by M. V. A. Malte-Brun 
includes part of Baja, California, and the southwest with the Apache 
territories noted. Extremties worn but still a very good copy, tiny 
tear to map at inner margin.  [33786] $700.00

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