Exploration Medals
Lot 2931 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Exploration Medals
Estimate $4,000
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LA PEROUSE'S EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1785, in bronze (60mm) (MH 170) by B.Duvivier, obverse, bust of Louis XVI left, reverse, inscription in 10-lines. Mottled toning, extremely fine and very rare.
In 1785 La Perouse sailed with the ships 'Boussole' and 'Astrolabe' and explored the far eastern coasts of Asia and Australia. In 1788 he sailed from Botany Bay, but both ships were lost with all hands near the New Hebrides.
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