The costumes of the inhabitants of Manila
by DUCHÉ DE VANCY, Gaspard, Engraving
La P�rouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This engraving is one of the illustrations of this publication; it was engraved after the drawing of Gaspard Duch� de Vancy, the official artist of the expedition.