At the Cape of Good Hope the expedition received news that the Admiralty Islanders on the north coast of New Guinea had been seen wearing French uniforms, so they quickly headed to the area, sailing via the Roaring Forties around the southern reaches of Tasmania, to New Caledonia and north to New Guinea. Not finding any evidence of La Pérouse, they sailed westwards to Cape Leeuwin, continuing to New Zealand and onto a number of Pacific islands. D’Entrecasteaux was unsuccessful in resolving the disappearance and died of scurvy off the eastern coast of New Guinea on 21 July 1793. The continuing search for La Pérouse resulted in some of the great French voyages to the Pacific and Australia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Please note due to the large size, this chart will be shipped unmatted in a thick tube.
From Atlas du voyage de Bruny D’entrecasteaux, contre-amiral de France, commandant les fregates la Recherche et l’Esperance, fait par ordre du gouvernement en 1791, 1792 et 1793.
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