1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 300mm by 445mm (platemark). Depicts canoes in the Admiralty Islands. The name 'Admiralty Islands' was devised by Captain Philip Carteret of the British Royal Navy in 1767. They are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-covered islands form part of Manus.....
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 445mm by 305mm (platemark). Depicts the Eucryphia lucida. From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardire's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 305mm by 445mm (platemark). This is a scene of a dance in the Friendly Islands, now known as Tonga. From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 440mm by 305mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition. "
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 300mm by 445mm (platemark). This scene depicts a group of people on a sailing vessel along the coast of one of the Friendly Islands, now known as Tonga. A European explorer is guided in a dug-out canoe by the natives of the Friendly Islands. The vessel.....
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 305mm by 450mm (platemark). Depicts a man and woman of the Beaupre Island (New Caledonia). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition.A few light marks, mainly in margins."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 445mm by 305mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition.
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 310mm by 450mm (platemark). The Friendly Islands (Tonga) were known as such because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit there in 1773. From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published.....
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 440mm by 300mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition. Very faint mark lower right corner, just outside image area, within the platemark."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 300mm by 445mm (platemark). The Friendly Islands (Tonga) were known as such because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit there in 1773. From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published.....
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 305mm by 450mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition. Very faint mark lower left."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 440mm by 305mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition.
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 445mm by 305mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition.
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 300mm by 450mm (platemark). Depicts head and shoulders portraits of a bearded Maori man (on the left) and of a young Maori boy. Both have ear adornments and hair in a topknot and the older man has a flax garment beneath his chest. From Jacques-Julien Houtou.....
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 450mm by 305mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition. Faint soiling top right corner. One small area of paper weakness over right shoulder of figure."
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 305mm by 445mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition.