Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumo...
Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition, 25 December 1827 and 18 October 1828
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25 December 1827, 18 October 1828
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MLMSS 10413
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French
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Out of copyright
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Gaimard and Quoy report to Louis de Freycinet on the progress of their voyage, including news gathered in Hobart of Peter Dillon's discoveries concerning the location of La Pérouse's two shipwrecks, and their subsequent visit to Tikopia and Vanikolo where they find debris from one of the wrecks.
Item 1: Letter from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Je...
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Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition, 25 December 1827 and 18 October 1828
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The two letters were originally part of Louis de Freycinet’s extensive archives which were dispersed during the last century, but they do not have the 'Archives de Laage' stamp common to many documents from the Freycinet family archive. They were purchased from a French dealer in the late 1970s, and became part of a private collection in Sydney.
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Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, January 2020
Administrative / Biographical history
Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842) sailed with Baudin on his expedition to the Pacific between 1800 and 1804, exploring the south and south-west coasts of Australia and visiting Sydney. In 1817, Freycinet was appointed commander of the Uranie on a voyage of exploration and scientific discovery to the Pacific which included visits to Western Australia a...
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MLMSS 10413
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92ebyvbY
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9649884
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