Manila folder labelled 'Huon de Kermadec'

Containers:

Box 1 (MS Acc22.020)

Component identifier:

File 19

Content Summary:

This folder relates to the life of Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec (1743–1793) who commanded the Espérance during d'Entrecasteaux's expedition. The Huon River in Tasmania was named after him and indirectly the Huon pine. The folder contains copies of correspondence (1998–2003) between Edward Duyker and Dr Philippe Huon de Kermadec, Landerneau, Finistère descendant of a brother of Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. It includes correspondence with Caroline Williamson, editor Melbourne University Press, regarding the inclusion of a photograph of a portrait of Huon de Kermadec in Duyker's and his mother Maryse's published translation of d'Entrecasteaux's journal (2001). It includes a brochure for a 'journée familiale' on 15 August 1999 at Pencran (the manor, the church etc.) associated with the family of Huon de Kermadec, a copy of the ex-libris book plate belonging to the explorer and a letter from Michel Josseaume (1922–2020), Saint-Malo, regarding inter alia Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec and whether he married. The folder also contains a copy of Duyker's entry on Huon de Kermadec for the Dictionnaire de Biographie mauricienne with the sentence relating to a purported marriage struck out. Finally, it includes a letter circa 2001 from Rene White, Shoreham, Victoria, enquiring about the family relationship between Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Kerrilleau and Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

Subjects:

Exploration
History

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