Bird, Art, French, Ant Bird, Dumont d’Urville, Antique Print, c. 1850

Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d’Urville was a French navigator who surveyed and explored the Falklands, Oceania and the South Pacific on two voyages between 1822 and 1829. During his second circumnavigation of the world between 1837 and 1840, on the Astrolabe and the Zélée, he penetrated the ice pack south of New Zealand and discovered the Adélie Coast region of Antarctica, which he named for his wife. Earlier in his career, D’Urville encountered the newly-discovered Venus de Milo while surveying the Mediterranean, and brought it to the attention of the Louvre, where it remains a featured part of the collection. He published several books with scientific collaborators about his voyages, including this one.

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning and wear. Minor spotting lower margin.

References:

“Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d’Urville.” The 1911 Edition Encyclopedia. 2002. http://77.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DU/
DUMONT_D_URVILLE_JULES_SEBASTIEN_CESAR.htm (13 October 2003).

Voisin, Jean-François and Mougin, Jean-Louis, “Liste des types d’oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris. 11: Manchots (Spheniscidae).” Zoosystema. Vol. 24. No. 1. Paris : Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 2002. pp. 186-190. http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z02n1a6.pdf (14 October 2003).