1-632-692 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Waterfall of Port Praslin, New Ireland, 19th century. Scene from the circumnavigation of the world undertaken between 1822 and 1825 by the French explorer Louis Isidore Duperrey on his ship the 'Coquille'. New Ireland is an island off the north-east coast of New Guinea. 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.