Chart of Part of the North West Coast of America explored

by the Boussole & Astrolabe in 1786. 1st Sheet by Jean François de Galaup La PÉRouse, comte de

$500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

This detailed map shows the south eastern part of Alaska. A fine copy of this engraving from Robinson's edition usually considered to be the best one in English ... and is extremely rare Hill , picturing and charting La Perouse's ill-fated voyage round the world. La Pérouse's expedition was one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to the Pacific and the west coast of North America ... The charge to the expedition which took place between

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