Louis XVI. Paris, Publie par Furne et W. Coquebert Nautical Charts The cities of Eureka

The cities of Eureka

A very clean copy

hand-colored engraving on paper

This is a difficult-to-find 1853 edition of the 1828 map associated with Langlois

Detailed chart of the entrance to Pungoteague Creek in the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Virginia

Louis XVI. Paris, Publie par Furne et W. Coquebert Nautical Charts The cities of EurekaPortrait of Louis XVI. Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793, a major event of the French Revolution. At his execution, he was known to have asked if there was "any word of Perouse," referring to the lost French explorer Jean Franois de Galaup, comte de Laprouse, whom he had appointed to lead an expedition worldwide. Published by Furne and W. Coquebert in Paris. Engraving on woven paper. Made by Audibran' after 'Auguste Raffet.' Auguste Raffet