Camp on the Falkland Islands
The French vessel
Uranie, on its way back to France in
1820, was wrecked on the Falkland Islands. The drawing shows the
wrecked Uranie to the right, boats evacuating its collections, and
their camp on shore. For more on their time on the Falkland Islands please click
here.
Image courtesy of the
State Library of Western Australia
Freycinet Collection: Drawing of the camp in the Falkland Islands
and the wreck of the Uranie, by J. Alphonse Pellion, 1820.
Call Number MN 2146 / slwa_b2112066_28