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Dumont d'Urville : explorer & polymath / Edward Duyker

Record no:

69322

Call no:

919.04 DUY

Author:

Duyker, Edward

Publisher:

[Dunedin, New Zealand]: Otago University Press

Year:

2014

Description:

671 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842;
Astrolabe Expedition, 1826-1829;
Astrolabe Expedition, 1837-1840;
Explorers - France - Biography;
Explorers - New Zealand - History - 19th century;

Explorers - Antarctica - History - 19th century;
Explorers - Tasmania - Hobart - History - 19th century;
Navigation - History - 19th century;
Botanists - France - Biography;

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Isbn:

9781877578700

Type:

Book

Abstract:

"Explorer Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) is sometimes called France's Captain Cook. After the beginning of the French Revolution, he lived through turbulent times. He was an erudite polymath: a maritime explorer fascinated by botany,

entomology, ethnography and the diverse languages of the world".

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Contents:

Part I. A sort of reputation -- part II. The progress of geography -- part III. Towards the polar ice.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Maritime	Western Australian Museum	919.04 DUY	On Shelf