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An account in two volumes of two voyages to the south seas by Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville of the French Navy to Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee / translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman
Bib ID 1582061
Format BookBook
Author Dumont d'Urville, J. (Jules), 1790-1842
Description Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1987. 
2 v. (liii, 634 p., [44] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps, port. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 0522843492 (v. 2)  0522843387 (set) :  0522843484 (v. 1) 
Full contents v. 1 Astrolabe 1826-1829 - v. 2 Astrolabe & Z el e 1837-1840. 
Notes

Includes index.

Translation of selections from Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Paris : J. Tastu, 1830-1835 and from Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oc eanie. Paris : Gide, 1842-1854.

Spine title: Two voyages to the South seas.

Issued in a case.

Bibliography: p. 617-621.

Subjects Astrolabe (Corvette)  |  La Zelee (Corvette)  |  Voyages and travels.  |  Australia - Description and travel - 1788-1851.  |  Antarctica - Description and travel.  |  Islands of the Pacific - Description and travel.
Other Authors Rosenman, Helen, 1921-
Also Titled Astrolabe 1826-1829.
Astrolabe & Zelee 1837-1840.
Two voyages to the south seas.
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe.
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oc eanie.

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