New Zealand: Exisle Publishing. Good. Hardcover. Date: 2007. 252 pages. tidy e xlibrary -faint shelf wear -d/j had been plasti c protected . 2007. Exisle Publishing ISBN 0908988710 9780908988716 [NZ]

Exisle Pub, Auckland, Date: 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (ex-library)/Near Fine. Hardcover. 252 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Exisle Pub., Auckland, 2007. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Text and spine/cover marked with Library stamps, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century. Learned and energetic, he explored the Pacific from Guam to Antarctica, and from New Guinea to Chile, collecting a vast number of natural history specimens and recording extensive hydrographic information. His achievements brought him national recognition in the form of the Legion of Honour, while his scientific contributions earned him the gold medal of the Societe de Geographie. Yet despite his intelligence and expertise, D'Urville was not an easy or likeable man. A classic workaholic, he often seemed cold and aloof, yet he earned the respect of his men through his humane and fair leadership. Always sympathetic to the island people he met, he even wrote a novel about ...

Auckland: Exisle Publishing Ltd. Date: 2007. Octavo Size. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 252 pages. The story of this great French sailor who undertook three global voyages of exploration and who is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. 2007. Exisle Publishing Ltd ISBN 0908988710 9780908988716 [AU]