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Two voyages to the south seas : Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829, Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, New Guinea, Australia, South East Asia, Tasmania, Antarctica, New Zealand, Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe 1826-1829, Astrolabe and Zelee 1837-1840 / Jules S.-C. Dumont D'Urville ; translated from the French and retold by Helen Rosenman
Bib ID 681130
Format BookBook
Author
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842
 
Description Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1992. 
xxxvi, 304 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. 
ISBN 0522844324 (pbk.) :  0522844324 (pbk.) : 
Notes

Abridged version of: 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 ... /­translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1987.

Includes index.

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

Bibliography: p. 289-293.

Subjects Astrolabe (Frigate)  |  Zelee (Frigate)  |  Voyages and travels.  |  Australia - Description and travel - To 1850.  |  Antarctica - Description and travel.  |  Islands of the Pacific - Description and travel.
Other Authors Rosenman, Helen, 1921-
Also Titled

Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe

Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie

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