Voyages autour du monde et vers les deux pôles, par terre et par mer, pendant les années1767 à 1776

Chez Moutard, A Paris 1782, in-8 (12,5X19cm), 432pp. and 272pp., 4 parts in 2 volumes, Contemporary mottled calf gilt.
First edition, illustrated with 10 engraved plates, including 7 large folding maps, also a folding engraving of a whaling scene.
The book consists of descriptions of three trips: Volume 1 describes the Circumnavigation ‘qu’effectua Pagès’ by the west for 4 years. Visiting Louisiana and Texas, Pagès left his ship in Santo Domingo, and he travelled on the Mississippi. This is the earliest known description of Texas. He then sailed to the Phillipines and Java, Mumbai and Surat, finally visiting Arabia. The author has made a number of observations about the customs and manners of the people and countries he visited.

The second volume is dedicated to two trips to the south pole and voyages to the Arctic and North Pole with maps of Spitsbergen, Greenland and the Arctic Circle.