Oceanie 1. Iles Philippines 2. Java 3. Borneo 4. Iles Sandwich 5. Iles Carolines 6. Australie 7. Nouvelle Guinee 8. Iles Viti 9. O’Taiti – Arbre á pain 10. Iles Marquises 11. Nouvelle Zelande

Description

original colour lithograph.

RARE views from ‘Journal des Meres et des Enfants a Paris’.
A page of eleven vignette panels with scenes from eleven different Pacific countries:
1) Iles Philippines – Port de Manille (Port of Manila)
2) Plantations de Poivriers – Muscadiers et Gérofliers (Pepper plants, nutmeg and cloves)
3) Borneo – Orang-Outang – Fleur du Rafflésia – Indigéne Malais (Orang-utan, Rafflesia flower, ‘Malay native)
4) Iles Sandwich – Case du roi â Honoloulou (Hawaii – King’s house at Honolulu)
5) Iles Carolines – Péche des éponges, du tripang et des tortues â écaille (Caroline Islands – fishing for sponges, sea cucumbers and tortoises)
6) Australie – Colons et chercheurs d’or – Arbres casuarines et Eucaliptes – Menure, Cygne noir
(Australia – colonists and gold prospectors, casuarina trees and eucalyptus gums, lyre bird and ‘black swan)
7) Nouvelle Guinee – Etablissement de baleiniers (New Guinea – whaling settlement)
8) Iles Viti – Navire venant charger des bois de Teck et de Sandal (Fiji- Ship about to be loaded with teak and sandalwood)
9) O Taiti – Arbre â pain – on embarque des perles et de la nacre (Tahiti – breadfruit – loading boats with pearls and mother of pearl)
10) Iles Marquises – Etablissement Français (French Establishment)
11) Nouvelle Zelande – Indigénes travaillant le Phormium tenax (New Zealand – natives working ‘with flax)