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Belin, fl 1854 :Oceanie. Dessine et lith. par Belin. Publie avec texte par le Journal d...
Date: 1854
By: Belin, active 1854; Lemercier et Compagnie (Firm)
Reference: B-182-018
Description: A page of eleven vignette panels with scenes from eleven different Pacific countries: Iles Philippines - Port de Manille Java. Plantations de Poivriers - Muscadiers et Gerofliers (Pepper plants, nutmeg and cloves) Borneo - Orang-Outang - Fleur du Rafflesia - Indigene Malais (Orang-utan, Rafflesia flower, Malay native) Iles Sandwich - case du roi a Honolulu (Hawaii - King's house at Honolulu) Iles Carolines - peche des eponges, du tripang et des tortues a ecaille (Caroline Islands - fishing for sponges, sea cucumbers and tortoises) Australie - colons et chercheurs d'or - Arbres casuarines et eucaliptes - Menure, cygne noir (Australia - colonists and gold prospectors, casuarina trees and eucalyptus gums, lyre bird and black swan) Nouvelle Guinee - etablissement de baleiniers (New Guinea - whaling settlement) Iles Viti - Navire venant charger des bois de Teck et de Sandal (Fiji? Ship about to be loaded with teak and sandalwood) O Taiti - arbre a pain - on embarque des perles et de la nacre (Tahiti - breadfruit - loading boats with pearls and mother of pearl) Iles Marquises - etablissement [...] (Marquesas - settlement ...?) Nouvelle Zelande - indigenes travaiilant le phormium tenax (New Zealand - natives working with flax) Date of publication supplied by the vendor, May 2011. Other Titles - Oceania, drawn and lithographed by Belin. Published with text from the Journal of Mothers and Children. [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, om sheet cropped to 290 x 378 mm.