Lure of the Southern Seas: The Voyages of Dumont D’Urville 1826-1840

AUSTRALIANA Exploration Maritime New Zealand Botany

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville ; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as d’Urville Island in New Zealand.

141 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.  #160922

• Southern Discomfort II
• Susan Ifunt
• Map of the voyages 20
• Encountering Dumont d’Urville 23
• Martin Terry
• Towards the Polar Ice 45
• Martin Terry
• Dumont d’Urville’s Anthropology 53
• Nicholas Thomas
• Harvest of Curiosities 71
• Martin Terry
• Natural History Catalogue 79
• Notes on the Artists 126
• Routes and Statistics of the Voyages 129
• Appendices 132
• Dumont d’Urville’s correspondence
• Dumont d’Urville’s will
• Reference Notes 135
• Select Bibliography 137
• Acknowledgments 140.

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