Dunmore, John. – What did explorers read?

Storms and Dreams. Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman.

Dunmore, John. (Stroud, Glousc., UK: Nonsuch, 2005).

Global Circumnavigations and Cape Horn Transits.
Maritime Reading

Preview

An excellent biography of Bougainville and his various campaigns. Obviously a well-educated aristocrat, Bougainville shows little sign of any reading during his long periods at sea.