Author

Publication

2007 - Exisle Pub., Auckland [N.Z., New Zealand

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780908988716
  • ISBN-100908988710
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007534380
  • OCLC Control Number156759417
  • Better World Books9780908988716
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC910.92
  • LCCV64.F7 D86 2007
  • LCCV64.F7D86 2011

Description

Jules-Sebastien-César Dumont D’Urville (17901842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century. Learned and energetic, he explored the Pacific from Guam to Antarctica, and from New Guinea to Chile, collecting a vast number of natural history specimens and recording extensive hydrographic information. His achievements brought him national recognition in the form of the Legion of Honour, while his scientific contributions earned him the gold medal of the Société de Géographie.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

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