Two Voyages To The South Seas (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Dumont D'Urville; Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman
Binding: Hardback
Published: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor silverfish damage on fep, otherwise clean text.
This two-volume historical travel narrative presents the authoritative English translation of Jules Dumont d’Urville’s expeditions to the South Seas, chronicling his voyages aboard the Astrolabe and Zélée during the 1820s and 1830s. Dumont d’Urville details encounters with Pacific island cultures, charts unrecorded coastlines, and documents scientific observations that shaped European understanding of Oceania. The account illustrates the geopolitical ambitions of French maritime exploration while arguing for the intellectual and ethnographic value of sustained fieldwork in remote regions. Edited and translated by Helen Rosenman, the volumes preserve the precision and tone of the original journals while providing critical context for modern readers. This edition commands attention as a foundational work in Pacific exploration literature, offering collectors and scholars a richly annotated and visually engaging presentation of one of France’s most ambitious naval undertakings.
Author: Dumont D'Urville; Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman
Binding: Hardback
Published: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor silverfish damage on fep, otherwise clean text.
This two-volume historical travel narrative presents the authoritative English translation of Jules Dumont d’Urville’s expeditions to the South Seas, chronicling his voyages aboard the Astrolabe and Zélée during the 1820s and 1830s. Dumont d’Urville details encounters with Pacific island cultures, charts unrecorded coastlines, and documents scientific observations that shaped European understanding of Oceania. The account illustrates the geopolitical ambitions of French maritime exploration while arguing for the intellectual and ethnographic value of sustained fieldwork in remote regions. Edited and translated by Helen Rosenman, the volumes preserve the precision and tone of the original journals while providing critical context for modern readers. This edition commands attention as a foundational work in Pacific exploration literature, offering collectors and scholars a richly annotated and visually engaging presentation of one of France’s most ambitious naval undertakings.