Vues de Lieux Célèbres de Diverses Parties du Monde

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Vues de Lieux Célèbres de Diverses Parties du Monde

Author Nicolas Marie Ozanne (French, 1728 - 1811)

Datec 1795

Object number00003606

NameBook

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 220 × 300 × 10 mm, 0.55 kg

ClassificationsBooks and journals

Credit LineANMM Collection

DescriptionA collection of 16 lithographs titled 'Vues de Lieux Célèbres de Diverses Parties du Monde, d'après les Dessins de N Ozanne' ('Famous places around the World') after drawings by Nicolas-Marie Ozanne.HistoryThis publication comprises sixteen prints based on drawings by the celebrated French marine artist Nicolas Ozanne and covers the period 1740 (Anson's circumnavigation in HMS CENTURION) to 1788 (La Perouse's Pacific Ocean periplus in the ASTROLABE and BOUSSOLE) and also includes views recorded on such 'non-discovery' voyages as Henry Wilson's 1783 voyage to the Pelew Islands in the ANTELOPE, John Meares's fur trading voyages to Nootka Sound from Macau (1788-89) and John Mathews's 1785 voyage to Africa. All of the lithographs are sub-scripted with their publication details: "A Paris, chez Noel, Md. D'Estampes, Rue St. Jacques, No.16. et chez Bulla, Rue St. Jacques, No.38". 1- View of the landing place at Pelew Island (recorded during the voyage of Henry Wilson in 1783) 2- View of 'Port des Francais' (Lituya Bay, Alaska)(recorded during the voyage of La Perouse, 1786) 3- View of the cove at the entrance to Prince William Sound (recorded during Cook's third voyage) 4- View of Nootka Sound depicting the launching of Meares' sloop NORTH WEST AMERICA in 1788 (recorded during Meares' voyage in 1788 and 1789) 5- View of the Cohoes cataract on the Mohawk River in New York (from the collection of John Bowles, 1768) 6- View of Fort Chuner Gur on the banks of the Ganges River (from the collection of East Indies' monuments by Wm. Hodges) 7- View of the entrance to the Sierra Leone River (recorded during the voyage of John Mathews in 1785) 8- View of Tahiti ('Otahyti')(recorded during Cook's circumnavigation in 1769-70) 9- View of the watering place on Tinian (recorded during Anson's voyage in 1740) 10- View of Dory Harbour in New Guinea (recorded during Capt. Forrest's voyage to the Moluccas in 1774) 11- View of the Gulf of the Louisiades and Orangerie Bight (recorded during De Bougainville's circumnavigation in 1768) 12- View of St. Georges Bay, Nova Scotia, east coast of Canada. (from the Atlas of the continent by Desbares, c 1790) 13- View of the Englishmen's refuge at Uroolong (Pelew Islands) (from Henry Wilson's account of the Pelew Is, c. 1786) 14- View of Port St Peter and St Paul at the easternmost extremity of Russia in Kamchatka (recorded during the voyage of La Perouse, 1786) 15- View of the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Straits (recorded by John Meares, 1788-89) 16- View of Christmas Harbour at Kerguelen Islands (recorded by Cook in 1776)SignificanceThis compilation reflects the popularity in 18th century Europe of publications relating to the genre of exploring voyages.