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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: translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman. Vol 1 /

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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.
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