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Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie, 1841
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie, 1841
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Author: Dumont d'Urville, J.
Title: Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Gide, Editeur
Date Published: 1841-1844
Description:


6 (of 10) vols. in 3. lxxxii, 295, [2], 163, [2] pp.; viii, 451, [6], 410, [2] pp.; viii, 428, [6], 344, [1] pp. Illustrated with 6 folding maps. (8vo) 22x14 cm (8¾x5½"), quarter brown leather with marbled boards, spine titled and tooled in gilt. First Edition.



The first six volumes of French explorer Dumont d'Urville's account of travel to Antarctica in an attempt to claim the South Magnetic Pole for France. Dumont D'Urville died tragically in 1842 and the remainder of the work was completed and supplemented by M. Dumoulin. The total work was issued over the course of 15 years (1841-1855).

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Ex-library with stamps from Seminario Pontificie in Santiago, Chile; Wear, rubbing and loss to boards, all corners bumped, some missing; many pages loose, including some maps, page toning and foxing throughout, several tears and chips to pages; overall good.
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