[MAP] CARTE GENERALE DE LA COTE SEPTENTRIONALE DE LA NOUVELLE GUINEE ET DE LA COTE MERIDIONALE DE LA NOUVELLE BRETAGNE. Together with ROUTE DE LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE AU TRAVERS DES CAROLINES. by LOTTIN, Victor Charles, and Pierre Edouard GUILBERT.

[MAP] CARTE GENERALE DE LA COTE SEPTENTRIONALE DE LA NOUVELLE GUINEE ET DE LA COTE MERIDIONALE DE LA NOUVELLE BRETAGNE. Together with ROUTE DE LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE AU TRAVERS DES CAROLINES. LOTTIN, Victor Charles, and Pierre Edouard GUILBERT.: 22821 Reconnues par le Capne. de Fregate Dumont d'Urville, Levee et dressee par M. Lottin, Lieutenant de Vaisseau. Expedition de la Corvette de S. M. l'Astrolabe, Juillet, Aout, Septembre 1827. Paris, 1830-35. Two engraved maps on single sheet, 44 x 60 cm. (sight), outline colour, mounted. The Astrolabe charted the southern coast of New Britain and the northern coast of New Guinea because the loss of some of her anchors had made it imprudent to attempt a passage through Torres Strait. Dumont d'Urville's problems with the natives of Port Dory (here Port Dorei) are the subject of some engravings. $250.00AUD
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