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 Zélée / translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman.
Author/creator |
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842 |
Other author/creator | Rosenman, Helen, 1921-2009 |
Included Work | Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842 Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. English. 1988. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press, 1988, ©1987. |
Description | 2 volumes (liii, 634 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | v. 1. Astrolabe, 1826-1829 -- v. 2. Astrolabe and Zélée, 1837- 1840. |
General note | Translation of selections from the author's Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée and Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. |
General note | Spine title: Two voyages to the South Seas. |
General note | Originally published: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1987. |
General note | Includes index. |
Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. 617-621. |
Other title | Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. |
Other title | Two voyages to the South Seas. |
LCCN | 88020793 |
ISBN | 0824812239 (set) : |
ISBN | 0824812271 (v. 1) |
ISBN | 082481228X (v. 2) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | G420 .D84 D862513 1988 V. 1 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
Joyner | General Stacks | G420 .D84 D862513 1988 V. 2 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |