Letters of Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet

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Title: Letters of Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet
Subject: Discoveries in geography; Oceania--Discovery and exploration; Australia--Description and travel; Voyages and travels; New South Wales--History; Scientists; Natural history; French letters; Shipping; Ship letters; Correspondence
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Gaimard, Joseph Paul; Quoy, Jean René Constant
Keywords: Dumont d'Urville
Person: Freycinet, de, Louis; Lapérouse, Jean François de Galaup
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Period of reference: February 15, 1826 – November 11, 1861
Date: February 15, 1826
Link: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5742507
Series number: MS Acc11.151
Item number: 5742507
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Language: French
Description from source: 0.03 m. (1 folder)

MS Acc11.151 comprises a group of 13 letters written between 15 February 1826 and 11 November 1831 sent from a range of locations by the two scientists to Louis de Freycinet, predominantly during the first Pacific voyage of Dumont d'Urville on the Astrolabe. Of note in the correspondence is a description of the discovery of the fate of the La Pérouse voyage of 1788. Correspondence mostly written by Gaimard with the active participation of Quoy. Typewritten précis summarising the letters available with the collection (1 folder).
Physical format: Manuscripts; Correspondence
Related resources: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3224006687/findingaid?digitised=y
Bibliographic citation: https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/VG4H5MQF/