Plan d’une partie de l’Ile de Maouna; Plan de l'Anse du Massacre, Pl. 65 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse

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TitlePlan d’une partie de l’Ile de Maouna; Plan de l'Anse du Massacre, Pl. 65 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 consists of two maps: the first one charts part of the Maouna Island, now Tutuila Island in American Samoa. The other focuses on the Massacre Bay on the northwest part of the island, where a tragic confrontation between La Pérouse’s crew and the local inhabitants took place on 11 December 1787. The locations of la Boussole, l'Astrolabe and the two ship’s boats when the massacre happened are marked on the map. Casualties on the French side included the death of Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle, the second-in-command of La Pérouse’s expedition, and the injury of the chaplain Pere Receveur, who died two months later at Botany Bay and was buried near what is now Frenchmans Beach.

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.2003.1-65Inscriptions & marksPlan d'une partie de l'Ile de Maouna, vue par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en Decembre 1787 / Plan de l'Anse du Massacre, située a la partie nord-ouest de Maouna, l'une des Iles des Navigateurs. Position des chaloupes et canots des Fregates Francaises au moment du Massacre du 11 Decembre 1787 / L. Aubert script. / HYD FR No. 568 / PRIX 0F.75c.Place 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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Plan d’une partie de l’Ile de Maouna; Plan de l'Anse du Massacre, Pl. 65 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse