Wombats

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CreatorPéron, François, 1775-1810Additional creatorLesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846Petit, Nicolas-Martin, 1777-1804Freycinet, Louis de, 1779-1842York Gate LibraryTitleWombatsDate of publication1807-1816SourceVoyage de decouvertes aux terres australes, ... en 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804; ... plate 28Description

Nicolas-Martin Petit and Charles Lesueur signed on as crew members of Le Geographe, keen to travel to the undiscovered lands of New Holland. As the expedition artists, they were among the first Europeans to portray the land, people, animals, plants and marine life of South Australia. Lesueur's 'Le Wombat' was sketched on King Island, Tasmania.

This beautiful plate is one of many artistic depictions from the Atlas historique : du Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes, by Charles Alexandre Leseur and Nicolas-Martin Petit. This atlas forms part of Francois Peron's publication Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes.

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ExhibitionTreasures of the State Library of South AustraliaArt of NatureChance Encounter: French influence in South AustraliaSubjectBaudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803Naturaliste (Ship)Casuarina (Ship)G{u00E9}ographe (Ship)Natural history -- AustralasiaAustralasia -- Discovery and explorationPacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- FrenchPacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- French MapsCollection titleTreasures Wall

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