Portrait of Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet

Pen-and-ink portrait of Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet in uniform as commander of the Uranie.

Freycinet’s voyage on board Uranie to the East Indies, Australia and the Pacific was one of the most important voyages of exploration ever made. This official publication of the voyage, which appeared over twenty years under the direct supervision of Freycinet himself, is among the most handsome of all voyage accounts, probably the most beautiful of all the celebrated French grand voyages.