Lot 1201

Description

Louis XVIII, Louis de Freycinet's Scientific Expedition, Cruise of the Corvette 'Uranie', 1817, in bronze (40.8mm) by Gayrard (cf MH 188). Die break on reverse field between 8 and 10 o'clock, extremely fine.

The 'Uranie', captained by de Freycinet sailed from Toulon in 1817 on a world cruise. They landed at Shark Bay on the West Coast of Australia, on the 12th September 1818, where they set up an observatory. After visiting Timor and the Sandwich Islands the 'Uranie' reached Port Jackson on the 19th November 1818. They left on Boxing Day that year on a course for Cape Horn. On 13th February 1820 the ship was wrecked off the Falkland Islands but they managed to save all crew and a good amount of the records of the voyage.