Historic Maps » Monumens, l'Ile de Paque, details. by Bernizet, Sebastien; La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 from 1797

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Author: Bernizet, Sebastien; La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Date: 1797

Short Title: Monumens, l'Ile de Paque, details.

Publisher: Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique

Type: View

Obj Height cm: 27

Obj Width cm: 41

Note: Nine engraved views and plans. Contents: Fig. 1. Plan d'une Case en pierre -- Fig. 2. 1re. Coupe de la Case en Pierre, prise sur la ligne D.D. -- Fig. 3. 2e. Coupe de la Case en pierre, prise sur la ligne X.X. -- Fig. 4. Elevation de la Case en pierre -- Fig. 5. Plan d'une Grande Case -- Fig. 6. Carcasse de la Grande Case -- Fig. 7. Coupe de la Grande Case, prise sur la ligne F.F. -- Fig. 8. Plan d'un Morai ou Cimetiere -- Fig. 9. Elevation du Morai -- Fig. 10. Coupe du Morai, pris sur la ligne M.M.

Country: Chile

Region: Easter Island

Subject: Historical

Full Title: Details geometriques, des monumens de l'Ile de Paque. Dessine par Bernizet. Grave par Hulk. L. Aubert, scripsit. Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse, no. 12. (Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797)

List No: 3355.012

Page No: No. 12

Series No: 14

Engraver or Printer: Hulk, ; Aubert, L.

Publication Author: La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Pub Date: 1797

Pub Title: Atlas du voyage de La Perouse. (title page only) Dessine par J. M. Moreau le Jeune. Grave par Ph. Triere. L. Aubert scripsit.

Pub Reference: Phillips, 688; Howes. U.S.iana, 93; Mickwitz. A.E. Nordenskiold Collection ... annotated catalogue of maps made up to 1800, v.2 no. 133.

Pub Note: "La Perouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This copy consists of the Atlas only to the First French edition. It is an exceptional copy, with very strong impressions. It should be compared to the smaller English Atlas of 1799. Maps are without color and bound in half leather brown marbled paper covered boards with ""La Perouse's Voyages. Atlas"" stamped in gilt on the spine. Issued to accompany: Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde ... an V (1797)"

Pub List No: 3355.000

Pub Type: Chart Atlas ; World Atlas

Pub Maps: 34

Pub Height cm: 56

Pub Width cm: 41

Image No: 3355012

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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