Corvette La Recherche near Bear Island

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Exploration corvette La Recherche sailing amid icebergs near Bear Island — Corvette La Recherche near Bear Island on August 7, 1838.

Artist

Name:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Dates:: 1805-1890
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & places
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Atlas, vol. 1)
Author(s):: Gaimard, Paul (under the direction of)
Publisher:: Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, n.d. [1852]

Description

View of the exploration corvette La Recherche as seen from behind sailing amid icebergs near Bear Island.
The caption reads in the original French: La corvette La Recherche près de l’île Beeren-Eiland, le 7 Août 1838.

Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, Europe, Norway, seascape, ship, Voyages en Scandinavie...

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