Prince of Wales Island Bucareli Bay Alaska North America Map Perouse 1797

Paris 1797. Large -format original copper engraving. -- leaf dimensions: approx. 80 x 57 cm. - a little brown-stained in the upper outskirts, otherwise well preserved. || Large format original Copper engraving. -- Slightly Brownstained on the Upper Margin, Otherwise in Good Condition. Jean-François de Galaup de la Pérouse (1741 1788) was a French seafarer, the world caller and geographer in the age of education. From 1772 to 1776, La Pérouse sailed on behalf of the French governor in the Indian Ocean between the French -controlled colonies of Mauritius, Réunion, Pondicherry in South India and Madagascar and later also to Australia.

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