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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Two Voyages to the South Seas Hardcover - 1989
by Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville
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- Title Two Voyages to the South Seas
- Author Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First U.S. Editi
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
- Date March 1989
- ISBN 9780824812232
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An Account of Two Voyages to the South Seas
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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988 2 volumes in a slip case. Translated from French and edited by Helen Rosenman.
First U.S. Edition.
Volume I subtitled "Astrolabe 1826-1829", 312 pages.
Volume II subtitled "Astrolabe and Zélée 1737-1840.
Conrad, p. 45. An important South Seas / Antarctic exploration report not translated until published in Australia in 1987. Voyages to Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, southeast Asia, Australia, Antarctica and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee.
Per Michael Rosove: "A large scale expedition, this French undertaking was contemporaneous with those of the Americans under Charles Wilkes and the British under James Clark Ross. All had the principal purpose of studying the earth's magnetism in the southern hemisphere and in the vicinity of the south magnetic pole. During the Antarctic summer season of 1837-38, Dumont d'Urville conducted surveys in region of the… Read More
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TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS
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University of Hawaii Press, 1988-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 8.6614 0.0000 0.0000. 2-volume set in a slipcase. Slipcase shows minor shelfwear, books are near pristine.
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The Voyage of Astrolabe 1826-1829 [2 vols.] An Account in Two Volumes of Two Voyages to the South Seas by Captain 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 Zelee. Volume 1 : Astrolabe 1826-1829 ; Volume 2 : Astrolabe and Zelee 1837-1840
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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988. Hardcover. First American Edition. liii, 312; xii, 321 pp. Tall octavo. 2 volume set. Contained in dark blue slipcase. Beige cloth with gilt lettering on red cloth spine onlay. Trimmed edges. Black endpapers. Half-title included. Both volumes contain B/W frontispiece of different ships, though untitled and unreferenced in contents. Volume 1 contains 27 B/W illustrations on plates, 14 in text; volume 2 contains 29 B/W illustrations on plates and 17 in text. Notes, biographical index, bibliography and index in second volume. Translator's foreword, acknowledgments, historical background, and a biographical note in first volume. Boards and spine undamaged and unblemished. Internally unmarked. Clean, as new copies of this two volume reprint of the original 1987 set. The translation of a condensed history of Dumont d'Urville's two major voyages of discovery to the South Pacific omitting all the scientific results and d'Urville's search for…
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