Carte particuliere de la Cote du Nord-Oest de l'Amerique reconnue par les Fregates FrancaiseLa Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786.
Copperplate engraved chart showing Alaskan Coast from Mount St.Elie to the Bay of Clonard, by
Herault and engraved by Boucle.
Jean-Francois de Galaup Comte de la Perouse (1741-1788) commanded a French expedition with the frigates La Boussole and L'Astrolabe to complete Cook's Surveys.
In 1788 the expedition was ship wrecked, but the charts were saved and were published by L.Aubert in "Atlas Du Voyage de la Perouse"1797.
Size 70 x 56 cm. Condition Good.
