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| TITLE: |
Dumont D'Urville on Truk |
| DESCRIPTION: |
14 leaves; 28 cm. |
| NOTES: |
"Abstract from J.Dumont D'Urville, voyage au role sud et l"oceania sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zellee..1837-1840 (Paris:1941-1846). Vol. V, 120-167, by Francis X. Hezel." |
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"Dumont D'Urville is generally considerd the principal explorer of the Truk lagoon, Until his visit in 1838, on his second voyage around the world, we have no written description of Truk proper by any explorer who actually entered the lagoon, excepting Arellano's report of almost three centuries earlier." |
| SUBJECT: |
Truk (Micronesia)--History. |
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