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Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau
Bib ID 760392
Format BookBook
Description Paris : J. Tastu, 1830-1835. 
13 v. : ill. ; 25-30 cm. + 4 atlases (53 cm.) 
Collection Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3340  Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK4402  Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK4403 
Full contents Histoire du voyage. t.1-5. (Accompanied by Atlas of 243 plates)--Zoologie / Mm. Quoy et Gaimard. t.1-4. (Accompanied by Atlas of 198 plates)--Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique / Docteur Boisduval. Premiere partie. Lepidopteres. Deuxieme partie. Coleopteres. (Accompanied by Atlas of 12 plates)--Botanique / A. Lesson et A. Richard. (Accompanied by Atlas of 80 plates) --Philologie / M. D'Urville--Observations nautiques, meteorologiques, hydrographiques et de physique / M. D'Urville. 
Notes

Some vols. have title: Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe ...

The plates accompanying the Histoire du voyage were drawn by Louis Auguste de Sainson.

The 2 vols. sub-titled Philologie and Observations nautiques ... were published by the Ministere de la Marine.

The 13 vols. of text and 4 atlases are bound in varying numbers of physical volumes.

The National Library holds several sets, only one of which is complete in itself. Consult the shelf list for detailed holdings.

Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3340, NK4402, NK4403.

Cited In

Ferguson, no. 1341.

Phillips, 201.

Subjects Astrolabe Expedition, - (1826-1829)  |  Natural history - Oceania.  |  New South Wales - Description and travel - To 1850.  |  New Zealand - Discovery and exploration.  |  Islands of the Pacific - Description and travel.  |  Islands of the Pacific - Languages.
Other Authors Dumont d'Urville, J. (Jules), 1790-1842  |  Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1801-1887  |  Lesson, A. (Adolphe), b. 1805  |  Quoy, Jean Rene Constant, 1790-1869  |  Gaimard, Paul, 1793-1858  |  Boisduval, Jean Baptiste Alphonse Chauffour de, 1799-1879  |  Richard, A. (Achille), 1794-1852
Also Titled Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe

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