Copie de Lettres ecrites au cours de son voyage 1827-1828 / Jules Dumont d'Urville

Item

Title
Copie de Lettres ecrites au cours de son voyage 1827-1828 / Jules Dumont d'Urville
Subject
Explorers
Discovery and exploration--French
Tasmania--History
Voyages and travels
New Zealand
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Keywords
Astrolabe (Frigate)
South Seas
La Pérouse
Creator
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Date
1827
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wNplW0n
Series number
A 1827/6 (Safe 1/392)
Item number
1wNplW0n
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
France
Australia
Language 
French
Description from source
0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 29.5 x 18.8 cm - manuscript. Letter book of Dumont d’Urville’s correspondence written during the course of his voyage, 1827-1828. 75 pp., small folio, probably in the handwriting of a secretary.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Abstract 
a. Extract of a letter written to a naval officer. Hobart Town, 26 December 1827. b. Report to the Minister of Marine (?) on the movements of the ‘Astrolabe’ after leaving Port Jackson until the arrival at Amboyna, 7 September 1827. 44 page report on Dumont d’Urville’s search for the site of the disaster of La Perous, relating to Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga Islands and the South Sea Islands. c. Report on the second search for signs of the fate of the La Perouse, from his departure from Hobart Town, 5 January 1828 till his arrival at Batavia, 29 April 1828. A 31 page report of the voyage among the South Sea Islands. Refers to Captain Dillon and the discovery of La Perouse’s fate.
Related resources 
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/MDGIE7AJ/
Date accessed
August 10, 2022