SAINSON, LOUIS AUGUSTE DE
Aiguade L’Anse de L’Astrolabe [Nouvelle Zelande]

From: Dumont d’Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe,
1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris,1833.  Atlas, plate 39.

Hand coloured  lithograph 295 x 385 sheet size [trimmed],

Image shows French sailors from Dumont d’Urville’s ship the Astrolabe
washing their clothes and relaxing by a stream flowing out into Astrolabe
Roadstead, Tasman Bay (now Watering Bay, part of the Abel Tasman track).

Condition:  Colours crisp, image clean and clear.  Repair along top margin
25mm extending to 50mm for a small area. Blind stamp bottom margin.