BG-00747

Antique Map of the Pacific by La Perouse (c.1780)

  • Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Small splits on folding lines, please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1780
  • Overall size: 59 x 44 cm.
  • Image size: 54 x 42 cm.
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.. Carte des déclinaisons et inclinaisons de l'Aiguille Aimantée (..) - La Perouse (c.1780)

Description: Antique map titled 'Carte des déclinaisons et inclinaisond de l'Aiguille Aimantées redigée d'apres la table des observations magnétiques faites par les voyageurs depuis l'annee 1775'. Map No.7 which was probably part of an 8 sheet map most likely compiled from from the reports of La Perouse's last voyage in the Pacific. This map depicts part of Peru, Chili and several islands. 

Artists and Engravers: Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de la Perouse (1741 - 1788), a French navy officer.