Engraving, Plan du Port des Français sur la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique, Pl. 19 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse

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TitleEngraving, Plan du Port des Français sur la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique, Pl. 19 of Atlas du voyage de LapérouseDate1797About this objectThis print is one among 37 copperplate engravings from the first edition of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse, published by the Imprimerie de la Republique in 1797. It illustrates Lituya Bay on the northwest coast of America, which La Pérouse’s frigates discovered on 2 July 1786 and named Port des Français. The crew suffered a tragic event while charting this fjord – two of the ship’s boats were overturned by the breaking waves near the inlet’s entrance and all 21 members aboard the two boats were lost, their bodies never found.

The original copperplates of the 1797 atlas accompanying the journal of La Pérouse’s expedition during 1785 and 1788 are now held in the collection of the Musée de la Marine, Paris. They were etched in 1796-1797 based on sketches sent back to France during the expedition.Object No.98.1-3Inscriptions & marksPlan du Port des Français sur la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique, par 58°37’ de latitude Nord et 139°50’ de longitude occidentale découvert le 2 Juillet 1786 par les Frégates Française la Boussole et l'Astrolabe / Bouclet sculp. / Hérault scrip.Place madeFranceSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance 1797 – printed as the first edition of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse, published by the Imprimerie de la Republique;
1974 – found by Mrs Edith Avramoussi in an attic in a house in Paris;
1978 – brought to Australia by Avramoussi;
1998 – donated to the La Perouse Museum by Avramoussi.Credit lineGift of Edith Avramoussi, 1998Acquisition date1998Organisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)ThemesEuropean arrivals

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Engraving, Plan du Port des Français sur la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique, Pl. 19 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse