illustrator, adventurer and travel writer, published Oc é anie; ou, Cinqui è me Partie du Monde at Paris in 1836-1837. Domeny de Rienzi described himself as a traveller in Oceania, the Orient and elsewhere, a member of several French and Italian academies, the Société de Géographie and the Société Asiatique of Paris and Bombay. His book was intended as a comprehensive general and historical survey of the Pacific region and drew on information gathered on past voyages to Oceania, including the five voyages claimed by the author himself. In addition to illustrations taken from previously published works, the author stated, engravings after his own hitherto unpublished drawings were featured in the three volumes. Illustrations of Australian interest bearing de Rienzi’s signature include Vue de la Rivi é re des Francais , Opossum, Wombat, et Nautile du Golfe du Carpentaire , Chasse aux Kangaroos and Famille des Sauvages . As the last clearly derives from William Blake’s Native Family of New South Wales , some doubt remains as to whether Domeny de Rienzi produced any original art work or, indeed, actually visited Australia.
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