139 COREAL, F. Hémisphère méridional ou terres australes. 1722. Collé sur papier fort. 282 x 285 mm.

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¤ Based on de l'Isle's map.

140 APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' [Seychelles].Carte réduite de l'Océan Oriental Septentrional … avec les Isles de Ceylan, Maldives et Laquedives [ au verso carte manuscrite des Seychelles]/ Plan des Isles Mahé [ au verso carte manuscrite de Praslin]. Paris, ca 1775. Pâle mouillure dans la marge inférieure de l'Océan oriental, pâle mouillure et petite tache brune sur la carte de Mahé (335 x 485 mm). Cartes manuscrites (à la plume) des Seychelles et de Praslin au verso des cartes. 480 x 660 mm.

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¤ Cartes publiées par D'Après de Mannevillette dans son "Neptune oriental". Au verso de la carte de l'Océan oriental, une carte des I. Seychelles est dessinée à la plume ; au verso de la carte de Mahé, une carte de l'île Praslin également à la plume. Ces cartes manuscrites des Seychelles avec indications des sondes, se complètent et semblent avoir été réalisées par un professionnel.

- French charts of the coast of Indian ocean with a part of Africa, of Arabia of Persia, of India / of Mahé. Prepared by Jacques-François L'Abbé Dicquemare (1733-1789).
Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas.
D' Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a famous French sailor and hydrographer. During a voyage to China in 1728 he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France he devised a plan to correct and publish all the existing maps of the route to China: the Red Sea, the coasts of India, Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and China.
When the first edition of his Atlas Le Neptune Oriental (containing only 22 charts) was published in 1745, it was regarded as a major achievement and a library indispensable to navigators. In 1672, d'Après was appointed director of an office established by the Compagnie des Indes for the publication of charts.

141 DUPERREY, L.I. Vue d'une partie du village de Matavae, Ile de Taïti / Vue de la Pointe Venus, a Matavae, Isle de Taïti. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1826. Col. d'époque. 2 gravures sur cuivre dont 1 en beau coloris d'époque. 125 x 195 mm.

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¤ Vues de Tahiti issues dans " Voyage autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825" par Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865). Les planches sont gravées par Ambroise Tardieu.

- Two engravings by Ambroise Tardieu taken from the rare and important book " Voyage autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Hydrographie, Atlas." by Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865). The book describes and illustrates the expedition lead by Louis-Isidore Duperrey on the vessel named Coquille.
Duperrey had sailed on the "Uranie" with Freycinet, and when he returned in 1820 when he was promoted, he suggested a follow-up voyage, with himself in command ! His proposal was approved, and in 1822 the Coquille set out, with Prosper Garnot as head surgeon and naturalist, and René Primevère Lesson as his assistant. The Coquille sailed in the opposite direction from the Uranie, rounding South America and proceeding west to Tahiti, and then on to the island groups of Melanesia, such as the Solomon Islands.
Much time was spent in Papua New Guinea, where many of the animals and plants were new to Europeans.
The entire voyage took almost three years. By far the greatest contributions of the expedition were scientific, cartographic, and ethnographic.
Recordings were made on Polynesian languages, costumes, weapons and religious artifacts. Duperrey is given credit for discovering the Caroline and Gilbert islands, and for correcting errors in earlier charts of the Society Islands. Duperrey's also continued to explore the French interest in Tahiti and the Society Islands, which culminated in their annexation by France.