This anonymous play was written and published in obviously very limited numbers, as it is very hard to find, and all indications are that it was not performed - the preface mentions "directors who would like to undertake its production." It is based on two well-known episodes in Pacific exploration: the voyage of Louis de Bougainville around the world, and his arrival in Tahiti very soon after Samuel Wallis' discovery of it, and the later voyage and disappearance of Jean-Francois de la Perouse. Bougainville's stay in Tahiti, although brief, had important consequences for French and European...