French navigator and explorer Dumont D’Urville successfully piloted the Astrolabe through the treacherous waters of Te Aumiti, which he named ‘Passe des Français’, in January 1827.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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B-052-004
Hand-coloured lithograph by Alfred-Leon Lemercier
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