![[Exhibition cover graphic]](images/00000005.jpg) 27 March - 15 August 2003Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts 91 Murray Street Hobart Ph. 6233 7484 Email: Heritage.Collections@education.tas.gov.au The story of the French expeditions to locate the South Magnetic Pole and claim territory on the last great continent in 1838 and 1840, when they achieved success against rival nations, despite the perils of disease, storms and pack ice. From Atlas Pittoresque of Dumont d’Urville Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie : sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee, execute par ordre du roi pendant les annees 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : Gide, 1841-1854 See images in exhibition >> |
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