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French portrait of Māori

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French portrait of Māori

These engravings of a Māori man and a boy were the work of M. Piron, who was on d’Entrecasteaux's voyage of 1793 which searched for the French explorer La Pérouse.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0057-25 (left); PUBL-0056-25 (right)

by Piron

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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James Belich, European ideas about Māori – Explorers and Māori to 1800, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/29870/french-portrait-of-maori (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by James Belich, published 27 April 2011.