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CARTE DE L'ARCHIPEL DES NAVIGATEUS
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Original copper-plate engraving published in 1797-1798 in Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse (Plate 52), visitation in December, 1787; this large and handsome charting depicts the islands of Samoa with topographical vignettes and an inset of Bougainville's original discovery in May, 1768; image size 48.3 x 67.3cm (19 x 26 1/2in); presented in fine condition in mat form