Description
An important early c.19th French aquatint view depicting Woolloomooloo and Sydney harbour. Exhibiting a picturesque farmland scene including farmers and cows, with Port Jackson and Garden Island in the distance.
Laplace was pivotal in the opening of French trade in the Pacific and instrumental in the establishment of the Hawaiian Catholic Church. He achieved the rank of captain. Laplace visited Australia, arriving at Hobart on 11 July. The ship left Hobart on 7 August, and set sail for Sydney, arriving on 16 August. In Sydney the crew went to numerous social events and left to a twenty-one gun salute on 21 September 1831. Laplace proposed a short break in New Zealand, and anchored in the Bay of Islands on 2 October. After his stay in New Zealand, Laplace headed east, arriving in Valparaíso on 14 November.
From: Laplace, C.P., Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l’Inde et de Chine, exécuté sur la corvette de l’état La Favorite pendant les années 1830, 1831 et 1832.
References:
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 980..
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 : 38985.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/bpt6k5804645t
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand: RB001294
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991012153709702626
