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C1825
Naturelsde L’Ile Ombai.
Artist:
J.Arago
Engraving if natives from Alor island, Indonesian> 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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Naturelsde L’Ile Ombai.
Date:
C1825
Artist:
J.Arago
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
315mm
x 235mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1825
Description:
Engraving if natives from Alor island, Indonesian>
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.
