Engraving, Carte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs, decouvert par M. de Bougainville, Pl. 64 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse

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TitleEngraving, Carte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs, decouvert par M. de Bougainville, Pl. 64 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 charts what is now the Samoan Islands, then known as Archipelago of the Navigators – a name given by the French navigator Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville in 1768 during his circumnavigation. The map and coastal views were accompanied by an inset map, providing additional cartographic details from Bougainville’s survey.

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.98.1-35Inscriptions & marksCarte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs, decouvert par M. de Bougainville en Mai 1768, et reconnu par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en Decembre 1787 / 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, Carte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs, decouvert par M. de Bougainville, Pl. 64 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse