Subject	Discoveries in geography
	Oceania–Discovery and exploration
	Australia–Description and travel
	Voyages and travels
	New South Wales–History
	Scientists
	Natural history
	French letters
	Shipping
	Ship letters
	Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Gaimard, Joseph Paul
	Quoy, Jean René Constant
Keywords	Dumont d’Urville
Person	Freycinet, de, Louis
	Lapérouse, Jean François de Galaup
Current Holder	National Library of Australia
Period Of Reference	1826-02-15/1861-11-11
Date	1826-02-15
Series Number	MS Acc11.151
Item Number	5742507
Access Rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Language	French
Description From Source	0.03 m. (1 folder) MS Acc11.151 comprises a group of 13 letters written between 15 February 1826 and 11 November 1831 sent from a range of locations by the two scientists to Louis de Freycinet, predominantly during the first Pacific voyage of Dumont d’Urville on the Astrolabe. Of note in the correspondence is a description of the discovery of the fate of the La Pérouse voyage of 1788. Correspondence mostly written by Gaimard with the active participation of Quoy. Typewritten précis summarising the letters available with the collection (1 folder).
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Correspondence
Related Resources	https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3224006687/findingaid?digitised=y
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/VG4H5MQF/