1798 - Antique Map PACIFIC Australia Guinea China Mexico California Perouse (M12

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1798A large & rare copperplate antique engraved map titled CHART of the GREAT PACIFIC OCEAN of South Sea to illustrate the Voyage of Discovery made by the Boussole and Astrolabe in the years 1785, 86, 87 & 88Â .Scarce English edition of La Perouse's important early map chart showing todays Samoan Islands with good details of shoreline of Pola, Oyolava, Maouna, Fanfoue and Opoun Islands with the tract of the ships indicated. Eleven profile views of the Islands are keyed to positions of the chart. Inset of the explorers tract through the Navigareurs and a table giving the latitude & longitude of the major islands.PROVENANCETaken from VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe by J.F.G. de la Perouse, published by The Order of the National Assembly.Jean-Francois de Galaup Laperouse (1741-1788?) was a French Naval Officer and explorer. He entered the naval college in Brest when he was fifteen and in 1757 was posted to Celebre and participated in a supply expedition to the fort of Louisbourg in New France. His naval career continued and was involved in several major caigns and was promoted to the rank of Commodore when he defeated the English frigate - ARIEL in the West Indies. He was also involved in the Battle of the Saintes and made his name when he captured two English forts ont he coast of Hudson Bay.In 1785, he was appointed by Louis XVI to lead an expedition around the world and included the likes of Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, East Asia, Japan, Russia, Australia and the South Pacific where it appears he met his demise. In March 1788, the expedition left New South Wales, bound for New Caledonia, Santa Cruz, the Solomons, the Louisades and the western and southern coasts of Australia. While Laperouse had reported in a letter from Port Jackson that he expected to be back in France by June 1. Seller Inventory # mx1_383108274220_E7947253960C4D59ADD9F64

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