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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. New Zealand, 1826-1827, from the French of Dumont d'Urville. [Wellington, N.Z.] : Printed by the Wingfield Press for Olive Wright, [1950] (OCoLC)594318435 |
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| Named Person: | Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville; Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville; Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville; Olive Wright; G A Eiby |
| OCLC Number: | 154481449 |
| Notes: | Errata slip mounted on p. 246. |
| Description: | xi, 250, [1] p., [13] p. of plates : ill., maps, ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | with an introductory essay by Olive Wright ; foreword by Emmanuel Lancial. |
Abstract:
"Contains a biographical essay on the French navigator Dumont d'urville (1790-1842) together with a scholarly translation of that part of his diary which was written on board the Astrolabe during her passage through the coastal waters of New Zealand in 1826-27. ... The rest of the book is a translation of the New Zealand section of the French narrative which was prepared for publication by d'Urville ... and completed in 1835"--Back cover.
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- Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, -- 1790-1842 -- Journeys.
- Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, -- 1790-1842 -- Diaries.
- Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, -- 1790-1842.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Natural history -- New Zealand.
- New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration.
