From Venus to Antarctica
Subtitle: the life of Dumont D'Urville
By: John Dunmore.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Exisle Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Auckland [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780908988716
Subjects: Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, -- 1790-1842; Explorers -- France -- Biography; Admirals -- France -- Biography; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- French; France -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: Jules-Sebastien-César Dumont D’Urville (17901842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century. Learned and energetic, he explored the Pacific from Guam to Antarctica, and from New Guinea to Chile, collecting a vast number of natural history specimens and recording extensive hydrographic information. His achievements brought him national recognition in the form of the Legion of Honour, while his scientific contributions earned him the gold medal of the Société de Géographie.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.