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Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy

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Title
Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy
Subject
Explorers
Voyages and travels
Natural history
Scientific expeditions
Ship letters
French letters
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Gaimard, Joseph Paul and Quoy, Jean René Constant
Keywords
Expedition
Shipwrecks
Person
Louis
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Date
December 25, 1827
Series number
MLMSS 10413
Item number
92ebyvbY
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Out of copyright
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Hobart
Language
French
Description from source
Full tile: Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition, 25 December 1827 and 18 October 1828

Gaimard and Quoy report to Louis de Freycinet on the progress of their voyage, including news gathered in Hobart of Peter Dillon's discoveries concerning the location of La Pérouse's two shipwrecks, and their subsequent visit to Tikopia and Vanikolo where they find debris from one of the wrecks.

Item 1: Letter from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, written at Hobart Town, Île Van Diemen, 25 December 1827
Item 2: Letter from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, written at Port Louis, Île de France, 18 October 1828
Physical format
Letters
Bibliographic citation
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