No. XXXIV.
Piron del. Warren sc. Harding ex.
Pub.d Apr: 20 1800, by J. Debrett, Piccadilly.
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed to platemark.
Inhabitants of Ouvéa, New Caledonia. 'They told us that the island from whence they came was a day's sail to the east of our moorings, and that the name of it was Aouvea; it was doubtless the island of Beaupré that they meant'. From the English edition of Jacques Labillardière's ''An Account of A Voyage in search of La Perouse... Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux'', an expedition that crossed the South Pacific, visiting Australia, New Zealand and the East Indies between 1791-3.
[Ref: 32224] £160.00
Pub.d Apr: 20 1800, by J. Debrett, Piccadilly.
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed to platemark.
Inhabitants of Ouvéa, New Caledonia. 'They told us that the island from whence they came was a day's sail to the east of our moorings, and that the name of it was Aouvea; it was doubtless the island of Beaupré that they meant'. From the English edition of Jacques Labillardière's ''An Account of A Voyage in search of La Perouse... Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux'', an expedition that crossed the South Pacific, visiting Australia, New Zealand and the East Indies between 1791-3.
[Ref: 32224] £160.00