Miscellaneous French material 1792-1840

Title	Miscellaneous French material 1792-1840
Subject	Australia--Discovery and exploration Voyages and travels Papua New Guinea--History Explorers French language--Writing Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
Keywords	Expedition Surveyors
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Period of reference	1792 – 1840
Link	https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2818221
Series number	MS 4222
Item number	2818221
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In Copyright. Available for reference. Not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia France
Language	French
Description from source	50 p. Letter from Corneille Cornelisz (1792) to Jean Isac Rhenius containing meteorological information on New Holland-New Guinea area, mentioning Chretien Van Veerden, Guillaume Udemanus, Jean Arnout Voltelen, Nicholas Acher, Bernard Herb and Marinus van Vlaanderen. Biographical information about Duperrey, hydrographer on "La Coquille" with L. de Freycinet; Berard, hydrographer under Duperrey and Anne Chretien Louis de Hell, concerning charting of Corsica. Extract from "Athenaeum", 1838, re. Polar expedition of D'Urville. Beautemps-Beaupre - document re. charting of Santa Cruz by Carteret, and by D'Entrecasteaux. Recommendation to the Academy of Gauttier, Frederic Lutke, William Fitzwilliam Owen, James Clark Ross and Baron de Wrangle.
Physical format	Letters Records