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English: Illustration of the Baptism of Kalanimoku, the "Prime Minister of the Sandwich Islands" on August 12, 1819 abord the French ship L'Uranie which was on a scientific voyage under Louis de Freycinet (1779–1842). Original sketch by Jacques Arago was probably enhanced as an engraving for the book.
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Source Engraving from painting from sketch by Jacques Arago, published in "Voyage autour du monde: entrepris par ordre du Roi...executé sur les corvettes de S M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820" by Louis de Freycinet published in 1823
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Jacques Arago  (1790–1855)  wikidata:Q117913 s:ru:Жак Араго
 
Jacques Arago
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legal name: Jacques Étienne Victor Arago
Description French writer, playwright, cartoonist, explorer, novelist and memoirist
Date of birth/death 10 March 1790 Edit this at Wikidata 27 November 1855 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Estagel Rio de Janeiro
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creator QS:P170,Q117913

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