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Title:
Voyage en Amérique, de Monsieur J.P. Bechaud présentement Major du 66e régiment d'infrie. de ligne. Lequ'el est ecri [sic] par lui même et contient la relation de tous les evenemens qui lui sont arrivés, une notice sur chacune des évaculations de tous les points militaires de la colonie de St. Domingue et des remarques sur ce qu'il a observé d'interessant dans les moeurs, la culture, la surface, et le commerce de cette ile ainsi que des Etats Unis d'Amérique. Dedié à Madame sa mere a Belfort. Dept. du Haut Rhin.
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Voyage en Amérique, de Monsieur J.P. Bechaud présentement Major du 66e régiment d'infrie. de ligne. Lequ'el est ecri [sic] par lui même et contient la relation de tous les evenemens qui lui sont arrivés, une notice sur chacune des évaculations de tous les points militaires de la colonie de St. Domingue et des remarques sur ce qu'il a observé d'interessant dans les moeurs, la culture, la surface, et le commerce de cette ile ainsi que des Etats Unis d'Amérique. Dedié à Madame sa mere a Belfort. Dept. du Haut Rhin.
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Date:
1807
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1807
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[S.l. : s.n.]
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[S.l. : s.n.]
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Haiti
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Language:
French
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Call Number:
b5418626
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b5418626
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Digitizing Sponsor:
John Carter Brown Library
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John Carter Brown Library
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Book Contributor:
John Carter Brown Library
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John Carter Brown Library
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Identifier:
voyageenamriqu00bech
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voyageenamriqu00bech
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Added Date:
2010-08-12 17:01:02
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2010-08-12 17:01:02
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http://www.archive.org/details/voyageenamriqu00bech
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Image Count:
352
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352
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PPI:
400
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400
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Operator:
xephyr@archive.org
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ABBYY FineReader 8.0
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Camera:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Author:
Bechaud, J.P. (Jean-Pierre)
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Bechaud, J.P. (Jean-Pierre)
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Subject:
Manuscripts
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Description:
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
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[4], 323, [10] p. ;|c28 cm. (fol.) Ms. codex
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[4], 323, [10] p. ;|c28 cm. (fol.) Ms. codex
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Description:
Title from p. [1], 1st count
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Title from p. [1], 1st count
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Description:
Page [1], 2nd count, contains a notice dated: Aux Sables d'Olonnes 11 9bre 1807 with printed portion reading: Bechaud, Major, au 66e régiment d'infanterie des lignes, commandant les 3e et 4e bataillons dudit régiment and continues in ms. hand: membre de la Légion d'honneur - commandant de Département et les côtes de la Vendée, followed by a further dedication to the author's mother
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Page [1], 2nd count, contains a notice dated: Aux Sables d'Olonnes 11 9bre 1807 with printed portion reading: Bechaud, Major, au 66e régiment d'infanterie des lignes, commandant les 3e et 4e bataillons dudit régiment and continues in ms. hand: membre de la Légion d'honneur - commandant de Département et les côtes de la Vendée, followed by a further dedication to the author's mother
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Description:
The author of this voyage, Jean-Pierre Bechaud, arrived in Saint-Domingue during the expedition commanded by Rochambeau after the death of General Leclerc. The voyage covers the evacuation of the French forces from the island in 1803, and his travels through Cuba and Charlestown, South Carolina before his return to France in 1804
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The author of this voyage, Jean-Pierre Bechaud, arrived in Saint-Domingue during the expedition commanded by Rochambeau after the death of General Leclerc. The voyage covers the evacuation of the French forces from the island in 1803, and his travels through Cuba and Charlestown, South Carolina before his return to France in 1804
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Description:
Following the manuscript of the voyage, there is a table of contents for each section on p. [3-9], 3rd count
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Following the manuscript of the voyage, there is a table of contents for each section on p. [3-9], 3rd count
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Description:
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf binding; housed in a slipcase within an imitation treed calf ornamental phase box
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John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf binding; housed in a slipcase within an imitation treed calf ornamental phase box
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Notes:
Unusual page sequencing: double pages marked as 16, 172 & 299. Pages change from odd to even on left and right. Digitally numbered as found in manuscript. Contains some tight margins.
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Unusual page sequencing: double pages marked as 16, 172 & 299. Pages change from odd to even on left and right. Digitally numbered as found in manuscript. Contains some tight margins.
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