Jacques Arago
Subtitle: . . . ce frère inattendu
By: Guy Jacques
Publisher: Les Éditions François de Galice, un label des Éditions Ixcéa
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Toulouse
Language: fre
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9782849181485
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; French; French Discovery and exploration
Description: Jacques Arago joined Louis de Freycinet as an illustrator on his 1817 voyage around the world aboard the ship Uranie, Uranie visited Australia, East Timor, many Pacific islands and South America before being wrecked in the Falklands in February 1820. The voyage resulted in his best-known book, Voyage autour du monde.
Notes: Cover illustration is the portrait of Jacques Arago, purchased by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219).