Image Credit: Scan of greeting card. Fishing scene in the Mariana Islands in Micronesia.
An illustration from the work by Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779-1842) --
the work was an account of a French voyage round the world between 1817 and 1820,
published in Paris between 1824 and 1844.
(Greeting card is the personal property of Michael D. Cruz.)

Fishing Scene in the Mariana Islands

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (8/8/1779 - 8/18/1841) was a French Navy officer who circumnavigated the globe. In 1793 he joined the French Navy as a midshipman and took in several engagements against the British.

In 1800, Freycinet was appointed to an exploration expedition to Southern and South-Western coasts of Australia. In 1817, he was given command of the Uranie, especially reconfigured to a new exploration voyage. For three years, Freycinet cruised about the Pacific, visiting Australia, the Mariana Islands, Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific islands, South America and other places.


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