"Engraving From Commander Charcot"
Engraving representing Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) in bust, wearing the legion of honor, with the sea as a background and his last ship the Pourquoi-Pas? IV. The engraving is signed in pencil by its author Leon Salles. Famous French explorer, it is the polar expeditions of Commander Charcot that have done the most for his fame having brought important new knowledge on these areas. He died at sea in 1936 during a storm in which his ship was wrecked around Iceland.