SAINSON, LOUIS AUGUSTE [2 images]
Village de Korora-Reka. [Nouvelle Zelande]
From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl. 61. Blind stamp along base. Black & white lithograph 315 x 495mm, showing a close-up view from the water of two canoes drawn up on the beach and several low European dwellings beyond in a sheltered bay. A pataka (storage platform) can be seen on the hill behind the houses. Two Maori are seated in front of the houses and two are standing behind a low whare on the right. Light marginal toning, VG.
2. Blanchard, P - Mouillage d'Otago, Nouvelle Zelande. Lithograph, dessine par L. Lebreton; lith de Thierry freres, Paris. Gide Editeur. Paris, 1846. Blind stamp below title. 545 x 345. Some foxing and finger-marks, short tear in margin, unmounted.
A man washing his clothes in the foreground of a view of Otago Harbour. The view is of Dunedin before the organised settlement in 1840, during the visit of the Astrolabe and the Zelee under the command of Dumont d'Urville.