NEW CALEDONIA - NEW HEBRIDES - TAHITI - Lot 70

NEW CALEDONIA - NEW HEBRIDES - TAHITI Voyage of Édouard Georges Batelot (1858-1894), First Mate on the vessel "FABERT" of the Pacific Ocean Naval Division, 1889-1892. Photographs. 37 prints including 23 albumin prints with pencil captions on the back, 1 carte de visite by J.Barco Nancy, 2 cyanotypes and 11 citrate prints. 1 handwritten letter with envelope from Batelot's mother. New Caledonia: Officers in Yahoué, Nouméa, Loyalty Islands, Notre-Dame Tower in Hienghène, Isle of Pines, Company at the Pont des Français; New Hebrides: waterfalls; Tahiti: huts, Tahitians and soldiers in the Fautaua River, the ships Denis, Diamond, Rapid, Hyménée du 14 juillet in Papeete, tattooed Marquisian; life on board, Batelot, maneuvers. 11.5 x 7.5 cm to 14 x 20 cm