Manila folder (dark green) labelled 'Guilbert'

Containers:: Box 1 (MS Acc22.020)
Component identifier:: File 18
Content Summary:: The folder contains a photocopy of the 68-page hand-written journal of Pierre-Edouard Guilbert who served as an enseigne de vaisseau during Dumont d'Urville's first Astrolabe expedition, 1826–29. The original journal was discovered by Guilbert's descendant Ludovick Pruche. It covers the period from the expedition's departure from Toulon in March 1826 to its departure from Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands in March 1828, having confirmed the fate of Lapérouse. A copy of the journal was made for the Archives de Nouvelle-Calédonie, with M. Pruche's permission, in December 2000. The director of these archives, Ismet Kurtovitch, then sent another copy to Edward Duyker on 26 December 2000. His covering letter is contained in the file, along with a photocopy of an article about the journal which appeared in Les Nouvelle-Calédoniennes of 11 December 2000
Immediate source of acquisition:: This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1391827).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia