Double Pirogue de la Nouvelle Caledonie.

From Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardiere (1755-1834), Relation du voyage a la recherche de La Perouse

“A rare account of a voyage with tremendous significance to the exploration of Australia and the Pacific”.

References Wantrup 64a-b. Hill 467 Sabin 22671;

D’Entrecasteaux joined the French navy in 1754 and fought in 1756 at Minorca. He assumed command of the French fleet of the East Indies and in 1787, was appointed Governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon. During his voyage in search of La Perouse in 1791-92, he determined the position of Amsterdam Island, explored the coastlines of New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Holland, and located several groups of islands.