Attacks in the nature by the tribe. Gambier Islands. 1835.

Print of steel engraving titled „Attague des naturels des Iles Gambier“.

Drawn by Sainson.

Engraved by unknown.

From „Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Resume general des Voyages de decouvertes“ by M. Dumont D‘ Urville, Paris. 1835.

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer he left his mark, giving his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as D'Urville Island.

The Gambier Islands or Mangareva Islands are a populated (1641 people), small (30 square kilometres (12 sq mi)) group of islands, remnants of a caldera along with islets on the surrounding fringing reef, in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They are generally considered a separate island group from Tuamotu both because their culture and language (Mangarevan) are much more closely related to those of the Marquesas Islands, and because, while the Tuamotus comprise several chains of coral atolls, the Gambiers are of volcanic origin with central high islands. Because of their proximity, the Acteon Group, and the nearby atolls of Maria Est, Morane, Marutea Sud and Temoe all permanently uninhabited, are sometimes included among the Gambiers.

Approx. image size 18, 9 x 11, 8/27, 9 x 18, 8 cm. Condition: good.