Dumont d'Urville : explorer & polymath / Edward Duyker.
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TextPublisher: [Dunedin, New Zealand] : Otago University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 671 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1877578703
- 9781877578700
- Dumont d'Urville : explorer and polymath
- Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 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 -- Australia -- Hobart (Tas.) -- History -- 19th century
- Navigation -- History -- 19th century
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- French
- 910.92 23
- G200
Partial contents:
Summary: Explorer Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) 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."--Inside front cover.
Part I. A sort of reputation -- part II. The progress of geography -- part III. Towards the polar ice.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 910.92 DUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A528495B |
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| 910.92 COO Discoveries : the voyages of Captain Cook / | 910.92 COO The death of Captain Cook : a hero made and unmade / | 910.92 DRU Tupaia : Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator / | 910.92 DUM Dumont d'Urville : explorer & polymath / | 910.92 DUR From Venus to Antarctica : the life of Dumont D'Urville / | 910.92 FLA Among the islands / | 910.92 FOR Observations made during a voyage round the world / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-640) and index.
Part I. A sort of reputation -- part II. The progress of geography -- part III. Towards the polar ice.
Explorer Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) 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."--Inside front cover.
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