Histoire gnrale des voyages par Dumont D'Urville, D'Orbigny... - 9781108039093

Histoire gnrale des voyages par Dumont D'Urville, D'Orbigny... - 9781108039093

Histoire gnrale des voyages par Dumont D'Urville, D'Orbigny, Eyris et A. JacobsAuthor(s): Jules-Sbastien-Csar Dumont d'Urville, Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Jean Baptiste Benoit Eyris, Alfred Jacobs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108039093, 978-1108039093\nSynopsis\nThis four-volume collection was issued by the Paris publisher Furne in the mid-nineteenth century to showcase the adventures and discoveries of recent French explorers. In Volumes 1 and 2 the naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville [tel] presents a lightly fictionalised account based on his first two voyages to the Pacific on board the Coquille (renamed L'Astrolabe for the second voyage). This was intended for a wider audience and offered at a more affordable price than the large-format scientific expedition reports produced for the French government. The work, illustrated with engravings, was originally published in 1832, but the p.

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