Jules Dumont d'Urville
French Navy officer and explorer (1790-1842) · France · Historical Figures · Died at 51
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Something wrong?Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs and to places such as d'Urville Island in New Zealand.
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Inauguration of the monument erected in honour of La Pérouse, shipwrecked and lost on the island of Vanikoro.
Dumont d'Urville's expedition at Vanikoro.
Māori men and women on board Astrolabe performing a dance, with a French officer at right.
The Astrolabe and the Zelee caught in Antarctic ice, watercolour by A. Mayer. (1838)
Astrolabe making water on a floe 6 February 1838
Reconnaissance de la Terre Adelie, 20 Janvier 1840 ("Reconnaissance of Adelie Land, 20 January 1840")
Frontispiece to: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'OceanieAwards
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About this person
Country
France
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1790 to 1842 · aged 51
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