Australian Historical Medals
Lot 2527 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $500
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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.
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