Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde. Vol.1
Date
1834-1835
Identifier
Hocken Library: Bliss KX7 Du
Publisher
Paris: L. Tenré et H. Dupuy
Abstract
Between 1822 and 1825, Jules S. C. Dumont d’Urville cut his teeth on a circumnavigation of the globe with Duperrey on the Coquille. In 1826 d’Urville returned on the Astrolabe (Coquille renamed), with two principal aims of gathering more information on the islands in the Pacific, and augmenting the scientific data acquired by Duperrey. He returned with a treasure trove of botanical and geological booty; his reports ran to thirteen volumes and five atlases of plates and maps. D’Urville took editorial control of this particular publication, distilling the essence of his and other voyages to an eager reading public. The engraved images are based on the drawings of de Sainson, the artist aboard the Astrolabe.
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Citation
Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville, “Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde. Vol.1,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 13, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6842.