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C1828
Iles des Papous: Lepre Ichtyose.
Artist:
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855)
From Louis Claude de S. de Freycinet’s, "Voyage autour du Monde… Historique". Note the Historique which contained the topographical views volume was published in 1828. In 1817, he commanded the Uranie, in which Louis Isidore Duperrey, Jacques Arago, Adrien Taunay … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Iles des Papous: Lepre Ichtyose.
Date:
C1828
Artist:
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855)
Engraver:
Forget
Condition:
In good condition. Strong impression.
Technique:
Original copper engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 310mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1828
Description:
From Louis Claude de S. de Freycinet’s, "Voyage autour du Monde… Historique". Note the Historique which contained the topographical views volume was published in 1828. In 1817, he commanded the Uranie, in which Louis Isidore Duperrey, Jacques Arago, Adrien Taunay the Younger and others went to Rio de Janeiro, to take a series of pendulum measurements as well as a larger scheme for obtaining observations, not only in geography and ethnology, but in astronomy, terrestrial magnetism, and meteorology, and for the collection of specimens in natural history. The voyage visited Australia, Mariana Islands, Hawaii, Timor, Guam, New Zealand. RARE
