View of the Roadstead of Brest

FREMINVILLE, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de (1787-1848).

Verlag: [ca. 1823-1829]

Beschreibung

FREMINVILLE, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de (1787-1848). View of the Roadstead of Brest, [ca. 1823-1829]. Single sheet, matted ( 7 3/16 x 9 6/16 inches). Fine original pen and ink and watercolour drawing inscribed by Freminville beneath the view of the Brest Roadstead "Vue du goulet de la rade de Brest, prise de St Marc." Freminville was the son of a naval architect. He chose a naval career after hearing a lecture on Captain Cook's voyages. At the age of 15, Freminville joined the navy and traveled to Haiti under General LeClerc. While there he discovered the great ray, native to the bay of Port-au-Prince, which came to bear his name. In 1819 he published a book with Thomas M'Keevor called "A voyage to Hudson's Bay during the summer of 1812: containing a particular account of the icebergs and other phenomena which present themselves in those regions; also, a description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians; their manners, customs, dress, language, &c." which was pubilshed in London and Printed by Sir Richard Phillips and Co. By the time he retired in the 1830's, Freminville had spent most of his life at sea, traveling from Iceland and Russia to Central and South America to West Africa and the Antilles, and drawing specimens of exotic species. He enjoyed much fame in his own day as an antiquary and writer of travel accounts, but he died having produced only one book on natural history subjects, Considerations Generales sur les Moeurs et les Habitudes des Serpens (1842). The drawings that Freminville left behind were intended for a half-dozen other related works on exotic butterflies, fish, mollusks, snakes, and other reptiles, but these books remained unrealized. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 72EBH56

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Titel: View of the Roadstead of Brest

Verlag: [ca. 1823-1829]