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          Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville

          1790-1842

          French Naval officer and Explorer

          Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville spent a great deal of his life on voyages of discovery for France.

          He is perhaps best known for his explorations near Antarctica, some performed in competition with the American vessel commanded by Charles Wilkes (1798-1877).

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        1. He was the son of Gabriel Charles François Dumont d'Urville, a civil and criminal judge and heir to vast estates, and his wife, Jeanne Françoise Julie Victoire.
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        3. Age: Late Miocene, Tortonian.
        4. Dumont D'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 'Sur les Iles du Grand Ocean', reproduced in Journal of Pacific History, 38 (2), , –

          5. He was also responsible for the French purchase of the statue known as the Venus de Milo and made several voyages of discovery to the southern Pacific.

          Dumont d'Urville was born in rural France and by the age of 17 had entered the French Navy.

          He showed early talent, graduating at the top of his class and learning several languages as well as showing a talent in some of the sciences.

          After several years of serving as an officer with French expeditions to the Black Sea and the South Pacific, Dumont d'Urville was given command of a voyage to the southern ocean.

          During this three-year voyage he charted many new islands, surveye