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Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Tears on upper and lower margin perfectly restored, size (in cm): 50 x 69 cm; - Detailed seachart showing the track of La Pérouse along the southern most trip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (Jeju, with the vulcano Halla-san in Halla Mountain). This chart is representing the visit of the French Admiral and explorer, le Comte de La Pérouse to Korea in 1786. La Perouse 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. This copy consists of the Atlas only to the First French edition. Seller Inventory # ASC1191_500
Title: Plan de la Partie des Iles, ou archipel de ...
Publisher: Artist: Peroussede La Jean-François de Galaup ( - 1788 ) Albi issued in: Paris; - Jean-François de Galaup de La Pérouse was a French navigator circumnavigator and geographer in the Age of Enlightenment At the age of 15 La Pérouse went to Brest and started a career in the French Navy The officers were divided into noble 'red' and bourgeois 'blue' To make his career better La Pérouse added a noble title to his family name de Galaup which refers to a small family farm outside of Albi called La Peyrouse The recent outbreak of the Seven Years' War led La Pérouse to Québec among others The return of the circumnavigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville to France in 1769 inspired La Pérouse to do similar things From 1772 to 1776 La Pérouse sailed on b
Publication Date: 1741
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Antique Sommer& Sapunaru KG, München, Germany
Technic: Copper print, colorit: coloredcondition: Tears on upper and lower margin perfectly restored, size (in cm): 50 x 69 cm; - Detailed seachart showing the track of La Pérouse along the southern most trip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (Jeju, with the vulcano Halla-san in Halla Mountain). This chart is representing the visit of the French Admiral and explorer, le Comte de La Pérouse to Korea in 1786. La Perouse 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. This copy consists of the Atlas only to the First French edition. Seller Inventory # ASC1191
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