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

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
Period of reference	1827 – 1828
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