AMERICAN AND BRITISH WARSHIPS IN A FORTIFIED ANCHORAGE

LE BRETON, A NAVAL SURGEON ON DUMONT D'URVILLES'S ASTROLABE AND ARTIST TO THE EXPEDITION AFTER GOUPIL'S DEATH IN 1840, SERVED ON THE BERCEAU IN THE INDIAN OCEAN IN 1844-45 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MAPS AND CHARTS IN PARIS IN 1848, WORKING AS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND LITHOGRAPHER UNTIL HIS DEATH IN AUGUST 1866.