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Carte generale de l'Ocean Pacifique dressee par messers d'Urville et Lottin d'apres les reconnaissances de la Corvette l'Astrolabe
Carte generale de l'Ocean Pacifique dressee par messers d'Urville et Lottin d'apres les reconnaissances de la Corvette l'Astrolabe

Carte generale de l'Ocean Pacifique dressee par messers d'Urville et Lottin d'apres les reconnaissances de la Corvette l'Astrolabe

Maker (1790 - 1842)
Maker (French, 1795 - 1858)
Date1834
Object number00040480
NameMap
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions600 x 910 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionGeneral chart of the Pacific Ocean based on a survey by Captain Dumont d'Urville. The map is divided into the ethnographic regions of Oceania as developed by d'Urville: Melanesia; Micronesia; Polynesia and MalaysiaHistory SignificanceThis chart shows the plot of an unnamed vessel's track around Cape Horn on 15th January 1853 and bound for Valparaiso; possibly the same vessel subsequently made a voyage from there to Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands and back to Valparaiso on 7th May 1854.