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Narrative of a Voyage round the World

Narrative of a Voyage round the World

Narrative of a Voyage round the World

In the <I>Uranie</I> and <I>Physicienne</I> Corvettes, Commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820
Jacques Arago
June 2013
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    Founded in 1666, the French Académie des Sciences was a prominent and prestigious organisation behind numerous scientific advances in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1817, commissioned by the Académie, Louis de Freycinet (1779–1841) embarked on a three-year expedition with the main purpose of investigating terrestrial magnetism and taking a series of pendulum measurements. In the course of this voyage around the world, the scientists aboard the Uranie also collected an abundance of samples and made significant observations in the fields of geography, ethnology, astronomy, hydrography and meteorology. The progress of this journey was detailed by Jacques Arago (1790–1855), draughtsman on the expedition, in the form of letters to a friend. This illustrated narrative is prefaced by a report to the Académie which summarises the mission's findings. Translated into English and published in 1823, this work is an informative and often witty account, reflecting contemporary ambitions in science and exploration.

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    June 2013
    Paperback
    9781108061544
    678 pages
    297 × 210 × 35 mm
    1.59kg
    25 b/w illus. 1 map
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Report made to the Academy of Sciences
    • Part I:
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Departure
    • 3. Majorca and Minorca
    • 4. At sea
    • 5. Gibraltar
    • 6. Teneriffe
    • 7. At sea
    • 8. Brasil
    • 9. At sea
    • 10. Cape of Good Hope
    • 11. Isle of France
    • 12. Isle of Bourbon
    • 13. New Holland
    • 14. The Moluccas
    • 15. At sea
    • 16. The Caroline Islands
    • 17. The Marianne Islands
    • Part II:
    • 18. The Marianne Islands (cont.)
    • 19. The Sandwich Islands
    • 20. At sea
    • 21. New South Wales
    • 22. At sea
    • 23. The Malouine Islands
    • 24. Monte Video
    • 25. Brasil
    • 26. Arrival in France
    • Appendices.
    Resources for
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    Map showing the voyage
    Size: 332.04 KB
    Type: application/pdf
      Author
    • Jacques Arago