DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel Aubert. Carte Générale du Globe pour servir au voyage de circumnavigation de la Frégate La Vénus. Avec : DUFOUR, A. H. Planisphère Terrestre. Paris, Gide. / Paris, Andriveau-Goujon, 1848. Two maps :"Carte Générale du Globe…" : 58 × 85.5 cm. Paper creased, tears along the margins. DUFOUR, "Planisphère Terrestre" : mounted on linen, 61 × 86.5 cm. Separate issue. Double-page engraved chart, with contemporary hand-colour in full, frayed at the edges. A separately issued example. Subsequently published in the official account of Petit-Thouars 'Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Fregate la Venus pendant les annees 1836-1839' (1840-1843). The voyage, "ostensibly to report on the whale fisheries in the Pacific, was actually primarily political in nature. The presence of the frigate 'Venus' in ports around the world would be of value to French commerce and diplomacy. Du Petit-Thouars's account of his 1837 stay in California is one of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period in California. After visits to Sydney and Mauritius, the ship sailed home, arriving after a voyage of thirty months" (Hill). Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1793-1864) was the nephew of the French botanist Louis du Petit-Thouars (1758-1831). He is credited with bringing the Marquesas and Society Islands under French protection. He rose to the rank of vice-admiral in 1846. Joined : DUFOUR. Planisphère Terrestre. (61 x 99 cm).