DUMONT D URCILLE.by E New 9781877578700 Fast Free Shipping**

Name: DUMONT D URCILLE.by E New 9781877578700 Fast Free Shipping**
Brand: Otago University Press

Otago University Press

Explorer Jules-S\u00E9bastien-C\u00E9sar Dumont d'Urville (17901842) is sometimes called France's Captain Cook. Born less than a year 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. As a young ensign he was decorated for his pivotal part in France's acquisition of the famous V\u00E9nus de Milo. D'Urville's voyages and writings meshed with an emergent French colonial impulse in the Pacific. In this magnificent biography Edward Duyker reveals that D'Urville had secret orders to search for the site for a potential French penal colony in Australia. He also effectively helped to precipitate pre-emptive British settlement on several parts of the\n\nDumont dUrville\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertised i;