AN 



Account of a Voyage 



IN SEARCH OF 



LA PE ROUSE, 



UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE 



CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE, 



AND PERFORMED 



In the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793, 



IN THE 



Recherche and Efperance, Ships of War, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF 



Rear- Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF 



M. LABILLARDIERE, 



Correfpondent of the ci-devant Academy of Sciences, Member of the 



Society of Natural Hiftory of Paris, and one of the Naturalifts 



attached to the Expedition. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS, 



And a Chart exhibiting the Track of the Ships. 



SECOND EDITION. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR B. UPHILL, No. 30, BRYDGES- STREET, 



COVENT- GARDEN. 



l8o2. 



