Cartographer:
LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Artist:
HÉRAULT
Engraver:
BOUCLET
Title:
CARTE DES DÉCOUVERTES Faites en 1787 dans les MERS DE CHINE et DE TARTARIE, par les Frègates Françaises la Boussole et l’Astrolabe, depuis leur Dèpart de Manille jusqu’à leur Arrivèeau Kamtschatka. 1.ere Feuille.
Stock Code:
9057
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique
Colouring:
Hand coloured
Atlas:
Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse
Size: (W x H):
67.5cm x 49cm
26½ inches x 19½ inches
Date:
1797
Price:
£600
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. Fine large chart shows the southern coast of China, Japan, Korea, Formosa & the Philippines and the Marianas as well as many small islands in the region. Locates the tracks of the Boussoles the Astrolabe, the ships of La Perouse, on his voyage from Manila to Kamtschatka. Chart shows very detailed soundings and all known harbours, straits and island chains.
Fine condition. Slight browning to the lower margin. Good margins.