Black Bird of Port Des Francais. [Lituya Bay]

A Black Bird collected by the scientist from La Perouse’s expedition while at Lituya Bay is a fjord located on the coast of the Southeast part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français. Twenty-one of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay.

From, Charts and Plates to La Perouse’s Voyage.