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| 7895 |  | Details | le Breton, Louis | 1842 |
| Double pirouge in its shed |
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le Breton, Louis |
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| 1842 |
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| $200.00 | le-Breton--Louis | Double-pirouge-in-its-shed | Louis Le Breton's lithograph titled "Pirogue double sous son hangar" (which translates to "Double pirogue under its shed") appears in the book "Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée" (Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes Astrolabe and Zélée). This book, published in 1841, documents the French naval expedition led by Jules Dumont d'Urville from 1837 to 1840.
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The expedition aimed to explore the South Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic region. Le Breton served as a naval surgeon and artist on that expedition, creating numerous illustrations and engravings that were later included in the published account of the voyage. The engraving "Pirogue double sous son hangar" depicts a traditional double canoe (pirogue) from Oceania under a protective shed.
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Lithograph by P. Blanchard and printed by Thierry Freres, Paris. |