A Collection of Pacific Exploration Medals
Lot 679 SESSION 3 (2.30pm Tuesday 31st March) A Collection of Pacific Exploration Medals
Estimate $150
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FRANCE, D'Entrecasteaux Voyage 1931, in bronze (50mm), by Anie Moroux, Paris, obverse,"1737-1793 D'Entrecasteaux", reverse, "Marine Nationale Francaise, aviso d'Entrecasteaux lance a Port'de-Bouc le 7 Juin 1931". Extremely fine.
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739-1793) was a French navigator who explored the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of the "La Perouse".
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