Cartographer:
LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Engraver:
Le Pagelet
Title:
PIROGUE DES OROTCHYS.
Stock Code:
9092
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Uncoloured
Atlas:
Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse.
Size: (W x H):
25cm x 18cm
10 inches x 7 inches
Date:
1797
Price:
£65
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. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L’Astrolabe was discovered wrecked on a vicious reef on an atoll in the New Hebrides.
Fine condition. Some foxing to the lower margin not affecting the image.