• Title
  Item 13: Autograph letter signed, from P. Gaimard and Quoy to Louis de Freycinet (letter number 10), sent from the Bay of Islands, aboard the Astrolabe, 16 March 1827
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 10275/Box 1/Folder 1/Item 13
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  16 March 1827
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  9660835
• Physical Description
  1 item of textual material - manuscript
  
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter signed, from [J.] P. Gaimard and [J. R. C.] Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, (letter number 10) sent from the Bay of Islands, aboard the Astrolabe, 16 March 1827 (4 pages), describing their experiences surveying New Zealand coasts from their landfall at Cape Foulwind on 14 January 1827 to their arrival in Paihia two months later. [In Gaimard’s hand], signed by both men, with notes and edits in pencil [by Freycinet].
• Language
  French
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Published Information
  This letter, edited by Louis de Freycinet, was published in the Bulletin de la Société de géographie, vol. 8, 1827, pp. 294-298.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed by both men, with notes and edits in pencil [by Louis de Freycinet].
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Gaimard, Paul, 1793-1858
  Quoy, Jean René Constant, 1790-1869
  
• Subject
  Astrolabe (Frigate)
  Astrolabe Expedition (1826-1829)
  New Zealand--Discovery and exploration--French.
  Naturalists--France.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20191055

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