GALARD DE TERRAUBE Tableau de Cayenne ou de la Guiane française.

Chadenat, 3991; Barbier, IV, 629; Sabin, 26340; Leclerc, 1521.

First edition.

Viscount de Galard de Terraube, a French military officer and man of letters, wrote this work based on observations he made during three voyages to French Guiana. All made in the same year, their purpose was to rectify the island’s nautical charts. The author presents here a detailed study of the colony: climate, population and resources.

A good copy.