Lot 2527
Sale 132 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Images
Description
Dumont D'Urville's Voyage of the 'Astrolabe', 1826, in bronze (50mm) by Depaulis (MH 190), obverse, bust of Charles X, King of France, reverse, inscription in French. Extremely fine.
Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville, French navigator, captained the `Astrolabe' on the expedition to Australia and the Pacific in 1826. Cape Leeuwin was sighted on 5th October, 1826, two days later the `Astrolabe' anchored in King George Sound and remained there for eighteen days.
- Estimate
- $500
- Result Status
- Passed in