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115_1833 Astrolabe Zoophytes Plate 23 - SOLD
1833 Atlas of Voyage of Astrolabe - Zoophytes - Plate 23 - Lithograph (27.0 X 40.0 cm)
The Astrolabe sailed from Toulon on 22 April 1826, under the command of the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, towards the Pacific Ocean for a circumnavigation of the world that was destined to last nearly three years.
The Astrolabe explored parts of New Zealand then visited Fiji, after which Dumont d'Urville executed the first relief maps of the Loyalty Islands (part of French New Caledonia) and explored the coasts of New Guinea. The voyage continued with the mapping of part of the Caroline Islands and the Moluccas. The Astrolabe returned to Marseille on 25 March 1829 with an impressive load of hydrographical papers and collections of zoological, botanical and mineralogical reports, which were destined to strongly influence the scientific analysis of those regions.
Dumont d'Urville then returned to Paris, where he was promoted to captain and wrote the five volume report of his travels, published at the expense of the French government between 1832 and 1834, which included this print. He also invented the terms Malaisia, Micronesia and Melanesia, distinguishing these Pacific cultures and island groups from Polynesia.
115_1833 Astrolabe Zoophytes Plate 23 - SOLD
1833 Atlas of Voyage of Astrolabe - Zoophytes - Plate 23 - Lithograph (27.0 X 40.0 cm)
The Astrolabe sailed from Toulon on 22 April 1826, under the command of the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, towards the Pacific Ocean for a circumnavigation of the world that was destined to last nearly three years.
The Astrolabe explored parts of New Zealand then visited Fiji, after which Dumont d'Urville executed the first relief maps of the Loyalty Islands (part of French New Caledonia) and explored the coasts of New Guinea. The voyage continued with the mapping of part of the Caroline Islands and the Moluccas. The Astrolabe returned to Marseille on 25 March 1829 with an impressive load of hydrographical papers and collections of zoological, botanical and mineralogical reports, which were destined to strongly influence the scientific analysis of those regions.
Dumont d'Urville then returned to Paris, where he was promoted to captain and wrote the five volume report of his travels, published at the expense of the French government between 1832 and 1834, which included this print. He also invented the terms Malaisia, Micronesia and Melanesia, distinguishing these Pacific cultures and island groups from Polynesia.