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Jean-Nicolas Buache de Neuville, \u201cCarte de l’Oc\u00e9an o\u00f9 sont trac\u00e9es les diff\u00e9rentes routes des navigateurs au tour du monde,\u201d 1785. Map in 3 sheets. Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Library of Congress\u2019s Carissa Pastuch has a blog post about the Pacific Ocean expeditions of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup La P\u00e9rouse<\/a>, and the maps that resulted from them\u2014including the above map by Buache de Neuville, made in 1785 so that Louis XVI could follow La P\u00e9rouse\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Library of Congress\u2019s Carissa Pastuch has a blog post about the Pacific Ocean expeditions of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup La P\u00e9rouse, and the maps that resulted from them\u2014including the above map by Buache de Neuville,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[767,153,1518],"class_list":["post-1805735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-exploration","tag-france","tag-pacific-ocean","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805430,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/maps-of-the-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805735,"position":0},"title":"Maps of the Pacific","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 November 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Maps of the Pacific is an exhibition of the State Library of New South Wales\u2019s holdings of maps, charts atlases and globes relating to the Pacific Ocean. \u201cThis exhibition traces the European mapping of the Pacific across the centuries\u2014an endeavour that elevated the science and art of European mapmaking. 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