Naufrage des deux chaloupes, au Port des Francais India Issued folding on watermarked paper

Issued folding on watermarked paper with some light dampstaining

I very desirable collector's item for the Pacific Northwest maritime collector

At the time of this publication in March 1953

Published in June 1947

the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture

Naufrage des deux chaloupes, au Port des Francais India Issued folding on watermarked paperA striking, highly decorative, unusual copper engraved large chart of Lituya Bay is located within Glacier Bay National Park, along Alaska's southeastern coast. A striking and highly detailed fine unusual first French edition of La Perouse's 1787 important superb copper engraved earliest obtainable view showing the shipwreck of two small boats that were part of the La Perouse Expedition, during their reconnaissance of Lituya Bay, near Juneau, Alaska.