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C1841
Vue de l’entree de la Baie de San-Francisco. (hte. Californie.)
Rare lithograph of San Francisco from one of the rarest of all French voyages of discovery. This is one of the earliest depictions of San Francisco. The Venus had left Kamchatka for the Aleutian Islands, having confirmed that the island … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Vue de l’entree de la Baie de San-Francisco. (hte. Californie.)
Date:
C1841
Condition:
Spotting to sheet edges not affecting printed area, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Chine colle lithograph, hand coloured.
Image Size:
300mm
x 130mm
Paper Size:
520mm
x 330mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1841
Description:
Rare lithograph of San Francisco from one of the rarest of all French voyages of discovery. This is one of the earliest depictions of San Francisco.
The Venus had left Kamchatka for the Aleutian Islands, having confirmed that the island of ‘Nuniwak’, shown on some British charts, did not exist, he next looked for ‘Saavaty Island’, supposedly discovered by some Japanese sailors, but with the same result. The Venus then headed for California and anchored in Monterey Bay on 18/10/37. Dupetit-Thouars found the settlement in ruins, with only a handful monks and few native Amrecian families left. The ships stayed until 14/11/37.
From the official account by Abel du Petit-Thouars, Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Venus 1836-1839.
Romuald Georges Menard (1778 - 1846)
French cartographer and surveyor. He was attached to the Cadastral Survey of the city of Paris and is best known for his Atlas National des Departments et des Possessions de la France in which all the maps are beautifully embellished.
