ARTIST: Jean Francois Galoup La Perouse
PUBLISHER: Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1797
EDITION SIZE: 26 3/4 x 19 3/8" (68 x 49.2 cm plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This chart shows the discoveries made by the Dutch ships Castricum and Breskes in 1643 in the northern parts of Japan. In two small inset maps are Extrait de la carte publiee par Scheuchzer and Extrait de la carte de l'Histoire du Japon de Kampfer. The large land profile shows a view of the Company's Land. In 1785 a French scientific expedition under the command of Comte de Jean Francois Galoup la Perouse set out with two ships, "Boussole" and "Astrolabe," to circumnavigate the world. A great deal of mapping was performed in the Pacific Northwest, California coastline and Pacific basin in general of which this fine chart of Monterey Bay is one. The voyage turned out to be destined to an unfortunate fate. La Perouse stopped in Botany Bay, Australia, where he left letters and his journals. The ships left for France and were never heard from again. In 1826 the remains of the two vessels were found on an island north of the New Hebrides. See Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America.... by Henry R. Wagner, pp.199-201.
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CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.
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