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
By: translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman.
Contributors: Rosenman, Helen, 1921-; Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842.
Publisher: Melbourne University Press; International Specilaized Book Services
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Carlton, Vic; Beaverton, OR
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 634
Subjects: Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastian-César, 1790-1842.; Voyages around the world -- History -- 19th century.
Other titles: Two voyages to the South Seas.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 617-621.
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.
Includes index.