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Title: Memoir and notice explanatory of a Chart of Madagascar and the north-eastern Archipelago of Mauritius; drawn up... under the auspices and government of [and edited by]... R. T. Farquhar.... Now first published in the original French, with an English translation, together with some observations on the coast of Africa, (communicated by - Saulnier de Mondevit, ) and a brief notice on the winds on the coast of Madagascar (by M. Barbarin). [With the chart.] Fr. and Eng. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Lislet Geoffroy, Jean Baptiste; Farquhar, Robert Townsend; 1819. 4°. 10095.i.18.