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![Naufrage De M.M. De Laborde Sur Les Canots De La Peyrouse Au Port Des Francois Dans La Californie . . . [Shipwreck of the Astrolabe's yawl at Port des Francais, Lituya Bay, Alaska] By Louis Philippe Crepin](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/52480.jpg)
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Stock# 33138
Description
Rare copper engraving showing the shipwreck of two small boats that were part of the La Perouse Expedition, during their reconnaissance of Lituya Bay, near Juneau, Alaska.
The view depicts a group of French crew members fight storm in small boats as sailing ship at right comes to rescue, with the rocky mountains of the Alaskan Coastal range in distance.
The view is very rare. We locate examples in the Californis State Library, Yale (Beinecke Library).
Condition Description
Tear at the left margin, just touching the printed image and some paper cracking.
