Voyage de l' ASTROLABE, Zoologie, Mammiferes Plate 14, Otarie Australe, Femelle (Nouvelle Hollande)

Editor Joseph Tastu (French, 1787 - 1849)

Date1833

Object number00001467

NameEngraving

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 478 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionColoured engraving titled 'Voyage de L' ASTROLABE. Zoologie. Mammiferes Plate 14. Otarie Australe, Femelle (Nouvelle Hollande)'. From the work 'Voyage de la Corvette L' ASTROLABE', by Dumont d' Urville. Published in Paris in 1833. Female Australian sea lion, Western Port, Victoria. (Southern Sea Lion)HistoryCaptain Dumont d' Urville visited Victoria during his second voyage (1826–29), as captain of the ASTROLABE. Also on the voyage were the surgeon-naturalist Jean René Constant Quoy and the illustrator and draughtsman Louis Auguste de Sainson. D’Urville arrived at Western Port on 12 November 1826, noting a variety of seabirds as the expedition approached land. The party ventured out to make observations and collect specimens to take back to France.SignificanceThe French explorers of the La Perouse expedition showed real interest in indigenous watercraft throughout the voyage, and many are illustrated in 'Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse'.