(Ile Marquises)
Lithograph
1841
16” x 20” including mat image 8” x 11”
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
After the Venus’s stay at the Galapagos Islands the ship left on the 15/7/38 for the Marquesas Islands and reached Fatu Hiva on 1/8/38, then to Hiva Oa and Fatu Haku. The local chief warmly welcomed the French and would four years later sign a document establishing French Sovereignty over the islands. The next three weeks were spent in a thorough survey os the islands.
From Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Venus 1836-1839.
(Ile Marquises)
Lithograph
1841
16” x 20” including mat image 8” x 11”
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
After the Venus’s stay at the Galapagos Islands the ship left on the 15/7/38 for the Marquesas Islands and reached Fatu Hiva on 1/8/38, then to Hiva Oa and Fatu Haku. The local chief warmly welcomed the French and would four years later sign a document establishing French Sovereignty over the islands. The next three weeks were spent in a thorough survey os the islands.
From Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Venus 1836-1839.
