biography
| name: |
Dumont D'Urville, Jules Sébastien César
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pronunciation:
[dümõ dürveey]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1790–1842)
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| biography:
| Navigator, born in Condé-sur-Noireau, N France. He entered the navy in 1807, and commanded expeditions to survey the South Pacific (1826–9) and the Antarctic (1837–40), discovering Joinville I and Adélie Land. A French Antarctic station is named after him. |
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