Panorama de la baie de la Poste (Ile de la Floriana, Galapagos).

MESNARD F. (1841].)

£500.00 

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1re [2ème] Feuille.Tinted lithographs, with good margins, two small tears. Image size: 188 by 503mm (approx). [Paris,

Taken from the Atlas Pittoresque to du Petit-Thouars' account of the Vénus expedition. This was one of the great French circumnavigations of the early nineteenth century, and enabled France to demonstrate her support for her subjects and her commercial interests in the Pacific region as a whole.

Stock Code: 194508

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