A Double Canoe of New Caledonia.1. A Catamaran of Cape Diemen. 2. A. A Canoe of Santa Cruz or Egmont Island.
Piron del. Harding sc. Eastgate sc.
Pub.d. Apr. 20, 1800 by J. Debrett Piccadilly.
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed to plate.
Sketches of a catamaran of New Caledonia, complete with open fire, and a Tasmanian canoe, and a diagram of a canoe of Nendo (Santa Cruz Islands). 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: 44034] £70.00
Pub.d. Apr. 20, 1800 by J. Debrett Piccadilly.
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed to plate.
Sketches of a catamaran of New Caledonia, complete with open fire, and a Tasmanian canoe, and a diagram of a canoe of Nendo (Santa Cruz Islands). 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: 44034] £70.00