Record Number |
7722 |
ISBN |
0522843492 (v. 2) |
0522843387 (set) : |
0522843484 (v. 1) |
Author |
Dumont d'Urville, J (Jules), 1790-1842 |
Title |
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 Vol 1 / translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman. |
Publisher/Date |
Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press, 1987. |
Pagination etc. |
2 v. (liii, 634 p., [44] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps, port ; 25 cm. |
Contents note |
Translation of selections from Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Paris : J. Tastu, 1830-1835 and from Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oc eanie. Paris : Gide, 1842-1854. |
Spine title: Two voyages to the South seas. |
Includes index. |
Issued in a case. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Bibliography: p. 617-621. |
Contents note |
v. 1 Astrolabe 1826-1829 - v. 2 Astrolabe & Z el e 1837-1840. |
Subject |
Astrolabe (Corvette) |
Zélée (Corvette) |
Voyages and travels |
-- Description and travel. |
Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel |
Australia -- Description and travel |
Added Author |
Rosenman, Helen, 1921- |
Added title |
Astrolabe & Zélée 1837-1840. |
Two voyages to the south seas. |
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. |
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oc eanie. |
Astrolabe 1826-1829. |