Bateau de transport de Canton - Paris 1841 Title: Antiquitez Curieuses qui se

Title: Antiquitez Curieuses qui se trouvent aux Environs de Smyrne

Technique: Copperplate engraving with hand-colouring

It is a record of a transformed landscape

The expedition's primary goal was to strengthen French commercial and political ties in Southeast Asia

and the Adjoining Isles

Bateau de transport de Canton - Paris 1841 Title: Antiquitez Curieuses qui seBateau de transport de Canton (Transport boat of Canton) Drawn by: Franois Edmond Pris (Admiral Pris) Published in: Paris by Arthus Bertrand Year: 1841 From: Essai sur la construction navale des peuples extra europens Condition: Fine hand coloured lithograph; professionally matted A Landmark in Maritime Ethnography This exceptional 1841 lithograph is the work of Franois Edmond Pris, a French naval officer and the first director of the Muse de la