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C1841
Los Alijos, rochers situes a l’Ouest de la cote de la Basse Californie.
Artist:
J. Masselot
Rare lithograph of Alijos Rocks situated in the Mexican state of Baja California, from one of the rarest of all French voyages of discovery. From San Fancisco which the ship had left on 14/11/37 Dupetit-Thouars salied for Gaudalupe Island, which … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Los Alijos, rochers situes a l’Ouest de la cote de la Basse Californie.
Date:
C1841
Artist:
J. Masselot
Condition:
Minor tears at lower sheet edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Chine colle lithograph, uncoloured as issued.
Image Size:
310mm
x 200mm
Paper Size:
520mm
x 330mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1841
Description:
Rare lithograph of Alijos Rocks situated in the Mexican state of Baja California, from one of the rarest of all French voyages of discovery.
From San Fancisco which the ship had left on 14/11/37 Dupetit-Thouars salied for Gaudalupe Island, which he sighted on 17/11/37 and spent the next few days charting. On 22/11/37 he sighted and confirmed the exisitence of the Alijos Rocks situated 300 km off the coast. The rocks seem to be known since the early Spanish history of Mexico and can be found on a map from 1598. The first description is from 1704, by pirate John Clipperton but it was in 1791 that the first exact description was made by the Spanish.
Rare lithograph from the official account by Abel du Dupetit-Thouars, Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Venus 1836-1839.
Artist:
Abel Aubert Dupetit-Thouars (1836-1839)
Dupetit-Thouars joined the navy at the age of eleven, was appointed ‘asprant (midshipman) in 1808 and ‘enseigne’ in 1814. As a member of a patrician family (he was a nephew of Aristide Dupetit-Thouars who searched for La Perouse), the restoration of the monarchy aided his career and enabled him to become ‘lieutenant de vasseau’ in 1819, and ‘captaine de fregate’ in 1826. His reputation was further enhanced by his service in the expedition against Algiers. On 21st December 1836 he was issued instructions to sail the areas frequented by French whalers and offer assistance where required, and to assist French traders along the coasts of South and Central America, where commercial enterprise had been slow to take off.
Ref: Howgego D38 p185-187
