Adèle de Dombasle

Her illustrations are detailed and show notable indigenous figures such as Pomare IV and King Temoana of Nuku Hiva.

She has been compared to figures such as Rose de Freycinet, Jeanne Leenhardt and Margaret Stokes, who were other early explorers and pioneers of women's archaeology in the Pacific.

[1] She travelled to the Pacific in 1847 accompanying Edmond Ginoux de la Coche [fr], who had been sent on a mission by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[1][3]The illustrations made by de Dombasle are intricately detailed and depict important indigenous figures, such as Queen Pomaré IV, as well as landscapes, objects and the natural world.

[1] She also has a role in Ginoux's collecting activities, for example a sperm whale tooth now in the Musée des Explorations du monde [fr] was presented to de Dombasle by the 'priestess Hina' during a naming ceremony.