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Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (French pronunciation: [ʒyl dymɔ̃ dyʁvil]; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as d'Urville Island in New Zealand.
Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville (born May 23, 1790, Condé-sur-Noireau, Fr.—died May 8, 1842, near Meudon) was a French navigator who commanded voyages of exploration to the South Pacific (1826–29) and the Antarctic (1837–40), resulting in extensive revisions of existing charts and discovery or redesignation of island groups.
Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville. 1790-1842. French Naval officer and Explorer. Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville spent a great deal of his life on voyages of discovery for France.He is perhaps best known for his explorations near Antarctica, some performed in competition with the American vessel commanded by Charles Wilkes (1798-1877). He was also responsible for the French ...
May 8, 2022 · Jules Dumont d’Urville – Early Years. Dumont was born in 1790 at Condé-sur-Noireau in Lower Normandy. After the death of his father when he was six, his mother’s brother, the Abbot of Croisilles, took charge of his education and taught him Latin, Greek, rhetoric and philosophy.
Biography Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790 – 1842) was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. His first expedition began in 1822 on LA COQUILLE, the second in 1826 in ASTROLABE (a renamed LA COQUILLE). Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer and ...
11 Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville (1837-40) It is due to Frenchman Dumont d’Urville that there is a sliver of French territory amidst the giant Australian claim to Antarctica. He called Adélie Land after his wife, and the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is named for the land he discovered.
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (zhül sābästyăN´ sāzär´ dümôN´ dürvēl´), 1790–1842, French navigator. While on duty (1819–20) in the E Mediterranean, he saw and recognized the importance of the newly discovered Venus of Milo and was influential in having the Louvre secure it. In 1822–25, while serving on the Coquille, he surveyed the Falklands, Tahiti and other ...
En 1819, Jules Dumont d'Urville fait partie, avec le capitaine Pierre-Henry Gauttier du Parc, d’une expédition scientifique envoyée en mer Noire et dans les îles grecques avec le navire la Chevrette pour déterminer les positions géographiques de l'archipel grec. Il est chargé lors de cette expédition des observations d'histoire naturelle et de l'archéologie.
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was born on 23 May 1790 at Condé sur Noireau, Normandy, France. He was the son of Gabriel Charles François Dumont d'Urville, a civil and criminal judge and heir to vast estates, and his wife, Jeanne Françoise Julie Victoire de Croisilles, who belonged to one of the oldest families of French nobility.
Jules Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer, geographer, naturalist and cartographer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. He is also famed for his role in the discovery and acquisition of the famed Venus de Milo. In his life, he was part of three expeditions that circled the…
