Engraving, Plan des Iles Kuriles, Pl. 69 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse

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TitleEngraving, Plan des Iles Kuriles, Pl. 69 of Atlas du voyage de LapérouseDate1797About this objectThis map is among 37 copperplate engravings from the first edition of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse, published by the Imprimerie de la Republique in 1797. It features the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands stretching between the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. Also included on the print is a map featuring the less known part of the Aleutian Islands, which separates the Bering Sea from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean. Both maps were based on manuscripts preserved in the Ochotsk Archives communicated to Barthélemy de Lesseps – diplomat on Lapérouse’s expedition – in 1788.

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.98.1-32Inscriptions & marksPlan des Iles Kuriles et des terres peu connues situees a la suite de ces Iles: d'apres au manuscrit conserve dans les Archives d'Ochotsk qui a ete communique a M. Lesseps, en 1788 / Partie peu connue des Is. Aleutiennes, d’apres une Carte manuscrite des Archives d'Ochotsk communique a M. Lesseps / Gravé par Bouclet / Ecrit par HeraultPlace 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 des Iles Kuriles, Pl. 69 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse