This four-volume collection showcasing discoveries by French explorers appeared in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. The first two volumes contain Dumont d'Urville's lightly fictionalised, illustrated, popular account of his voyages, originally published in 1832 and reissued in 1859. Volume 2 describes the return voyage from French Polynesia via Cape Horn.
This four-volume collection showcasing discoveries by French explorers appeared in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. The first two volumes contain Dumont d'Urville's lightly fictionalised, illustrated, popular account of his voyages, originally published in 1832 and reissued in 1859. Volume 2 describes the return voyage from French Polynesia via Cape Horn.