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 LapérouseDate1988About this objectThis item belongs to a group of 70 copperplate engravings printed and hand coloured in 1988 – to mark the bicentenary of La Pérouse’s visit of Botany Bay – using the original 1797 plates. The set of prints were gifted to the La Perouse Museum in 2003 by Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France on behalf of the Terra Australis Committee, France. This engraving 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.2003.1-19Inscriptions & 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. / Edition de Mai 1888 / Prix Deux Fr / 547 / 124Place madeFranceSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance 1797 – first edition of the Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse published by the Imprimerie de la Republique;
1988 – printed and hand coloured by the Musée de la Marine, Paris from the 1797 copperplates;
24 March 2003 – gifted to the La Perouse Museum on behalf of Terra Australis Committee with the support of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company.Credit lineGift of Mr Michel Rocard on behalf of Terra Australis Committee France with the support of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, 2003Acquisition date24 March 2003Organisations (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