Caption:

Lithograph by de Langlume, drawn and painted by de Sainson, showing dwellings in what is now Australia (top), and New Zealand (bottom), with their heights: Port of King George, three feet; Jervis Bay, (south of Sydney), six feet; Astrolabe Strait, three feet; and Torrens Strait, four feet. Illustration from 'Voyage de decouvertes de 'l'Astrolabe': execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829' by French navigator Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), published in Paris in 1833. The book, (in English, 'Voyage of discovery of the 'Astrolabe': undertaken by order of the king, during the years 1826-1829'), is an account of a scientific expedition to the Pacific. Illustration from the atlas section of the book.