TARDIEU]. KINDS (Edmond).Livre Rare Book
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Jean Francois Galaup de la Perouse. Engraved portrait
179324813France 1793. Very good condition. Handsome copper engraved portrait bust of the great French Pacific explorer whose last known stop on his circumnavigational voyage was at Botany Bay the newly founded colony of New South Wales. After he departed Botany Bay and explored the coast of Australia he went on to New Caledonia the expedition vanished. <br /> <br /> La Perouse 1741 - 1788 was commissioned in 1785 to head a scientific expedition the Pacific for fur and whaling resources and to claim new territory in Australia for the French crown. He explored widely from Chile and Hawaii to Alaska and California where he was the first foreign visitor since its founding in 1769 making a detailed description of the country.<br /> <br /> Showing the head and shoulders of la Perouse in braid-trimmed naval coat within an oval frame. Printed below the image "Grave d'apres une Miniature par Alex.r Tardieu 1793". <br /> 9 1/4 x 11 1/2". Wide margins with 2 of the impression lines visible on thick gauge paper. Trove 9635425. unknown
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis225,00 $US≈ 190,37 €
