Pacific Island Gallery

Cascade of Port Praslin, New Ireland, from Voyage autour du Monde

STC206896 Cascade of Port Praslin, New Ireland, from Voyage autour du Monde, execute par Ordre du Roi sur La Corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, by Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865) published 1826 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: northernmost of the Solomon islands;); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

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Album of the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, deportation, front cover illustration

661402 Album of the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, deportation, front cover illustration, 1877 (b/w litho) by French School, (19th century); Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Saint-Denis, France; (add.info.: Ile des Pins, couverture;album made by the deportees as an evidence of what they saw on the island; canaque; Nouvelle Caledonie; Leonce Rousset directeur;editor; Nouvelle-Caledonie;); A© Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright

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BIO16090

Coral beach at low tide, with a Tahitian screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
The island group, having a maximum elevation of 5 metres, is threatened with inundation by global warming
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

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