Scene showing the locals attacking voyagers as they disembark from their boats. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797.

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 25.5 / 15½ x 10

Coastal view of New Calledonia, with a strolling native, exotic vegetation, hills beyond.

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

View on the island of Tanna, part of Vanuatu, with a family of local inhabitants, under a tree, near their shoreside home.

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½