Rigobert Bonne. Globe Terrestre ....Paris 1774. 2ndfloor 100 bound copies were pulped

100 bound copies were pulped in 1929 and173 copies remaindered to Heffer & Sons in 1933 @ 10 shillings per set

Wilkes himself oversaw the preparation of the thousands of pages of data and notes for publication

they published maps and atlases as well as re-issues of the geographical work of his grandfather Nicolas Sanson's publications

headed by the notable mariners Jean Ribault and Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere

at which season it feeds on the dead salmon that are thrown upon the shores in great numbers

Rigobert Bonne. Globe Terrestre ....Paris 1774. 2ndfloor 100 bound copies were pulpedBONNE, Rigobert (1727 1795) Globe Terrestre dressee par M. Bonne avec privilege et Approbation de lAcademie R[oya]le des Sciences Terrestrial table globe, the globe made up of two sets of 12 engraved gores, hand colored in outline, decorated with both title and printers' cartouches. The greens slightly faded; the varnish replaced in modern times. Wooden meridian circle, green on one face, papered graticule on the other, card hour circle and metal