Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde. Vol.1

1834-1835

Hocken Library: Bliss KX7 Du

Paris: L. Tenré et H. Dupuy

Between 1822 and 1825, Jules S. C. Dumont d’Urville cut his teeth on a circumnavigation of the globe with Duperrey on the Coquille. In 1826 d’Urville returned on the Astrolabe (Coquille renamed), with two principal aims of gathering more information on the islands in the Pacific, and augmenting the scientific data acquired by Duperrey. He returned with a treasure trove of botanical and geological booty; his reports ran to thirteen volumes and five atlases of plates and maps. D’Urville took editorial control of this particular publication, distilling the essence of his and other voyages to an eager reading public. The engraved images are based on the drawings of de Sainson, the artist aboard the Astrolabe.