LE GROS VENTRE: FRENCH NAVAL GABARE 1766-1779
Pier Books: Piermont, NY, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. monograph giving comprehensive examination of the gabare; a transport vessel used by the French Navy to supply the dockyards, squadrons at sea and the colonies. Aptly named, LE GROS VENTRE (THELARGE BELLY), she was abandoned after the Kerguelen expedition in 1772.....