File:Solitaire Le Monnier 1776.jpg

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English: This depiction of the Solitaire by the French engraver Yves-Marie Le Gouaz (1742–1816) accompanied Pierre Le Monnier's announcement of the new constellation in the Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences 1776. Unfortunately the bird shown on the engraving is not the Rodrigues solitaire as Le Monnier had intended, but rather a blue rock thrush, known as the solitaire of the Philippines. Whether the error was due to Le Monnier or Le Gouaz is unknown. (Ian Ridpath's Star Tales; see also All Skies Encyclopaedia)
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Source https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35758/f654.item
Author
Yves-Marie Le Gouaz (1742–1816)  wikidata:Q3573424
 
Yves-Marie Le Gouaz
Alternative names
Yves Marie Legouaz; Yves-Marie Gouasse; Yves-Marie Gouaz; Yves-Marie LeGouaz
Description French engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death 15 February 1742 Edit this at Wikidata 12 June 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Brest Edit this at Wikidata former 12th arrondissement of Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3573424

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Former constellation Solitaire depicted as a blue rock thrush

Items portrayed in this file

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Turdus Solitarius

Blue Rock Thrush

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