Manila folder labelled 'Dumoutier'

Containers:

Box 1 (MS Acc22.020)

Component identifier:

File 14

Content Summary:

This file contains correspondence and articles relating to the life of Pierre-Marie-Alexandre Dumoutier (1797–1871), one of two civilians on the staff of the Astrolabe during Dumont d'Urville's final expedition, 1837–1840. Dumoutier was appointed as a phrenologist and 'anatomical preparator', but ultimately also served as an additional medical officer. The file includes correspondence with the Musée de la Légion d'honneur, Paris, a photocopy of an article by Marc Rochette, 'Dumont d'Urville's phrenologist: Dumoutier and the Aesthetics of Races [Translated from French by Isabel Ollivier]', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 38, no. 2, September 2003, pp. 251–268. [P. M. A.] Dumoutier, 'Anthropologie' in Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C., [ Jacquinot, C.-H.] Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, Gide, Paris, 1854

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

Subjects:

Exploration
History

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