The Voyage of Laplace 1830-1832
La Favorite: under sail for Bourbon [Réunion Island] at the approach of the second hurricane from Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de Chine. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-39.	In the introduction to his report of the voyage, Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace pays homage to the French scientific missions before him, including those of Freycinet, Duperrey and Dumont D’Urville. His circumnavigation was primarily to pave the way for commerce, but the voyage made achievements in navigation, natural history, and geodesy.
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