Village Tagal de Bacor, sur la route de Cavite a Manille.

Description

hand-coloured lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE.

splendid view from ‘Album Pittoresque de la Fregate La Thetis et de la Covette
L’Esperance’, pl. 15; published by Vicomte de la Touanne / Bulla, Editeur, Paris.
Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846) was a French naval officer, the son of famous voyager
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. He became Rear-Admiral in 1838. The unachieved main intention
of the voyage was: to extend French influence in Indochina, but Manila, Sydney
and Rio de la Plata areas were also visited and documented with these superbly executed artworks published
nine years before the official account of the voyage.