Manila folder labelled 'Astrolabe 1826–29'

Containers:

Box 4 (MS Acc22.020)

Component identifier:

File 64

Content Summary:

Photocopy of Annexe I ('Portrait de l'État Major de l'Astrolabe') from Bataille, A., 'Un document inédit: le journal médical de Adolphe Pierre Lesson, chirurgien de Dumont d'Urville sur l'Astrolabe (1826–1829)', Thèse Méd. [no. 2025], Université de Nantes, 1978. The annexure is a very personal and frequently scathing series of character portraits of Dumont d'Urville, his principal officers Jacquinot, Lottin, Guilbert, Quoy, Gaimard and the artist de Sainson; Two black and white photographs of a model of the Astrolabe ex-Coquille published by the Association des Amis des Musées de la Marine, Palais de Chailot, Paris, no date; Three black and white photocopies of pages 6–8 from the following instructions: Ministre de la marine et des colonies à M. Dumont d'Urville, capitaine de frégate, commandant la corvette du roi l'Astrolabe, à Toulon, instruction relative au voyage de découvertes qu'il doit entreprendre, Paris, le 8 avril 1826', Service Historique de la Défense, Département de la Marine, Château de Vincennes, BB4 1002.

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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