MOTHER (Xavier). Voyages of the Northern Scientific Commissi - Lot 127

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MOTHER (Xavier). Voyages of the Northern Scientific Commissi - Lot 127
MOTHER (Xavier). Voyages of the Northern Scientific Commission to Scandinavia, Lapland, Spitsbergen, and the Féröé Islands during the years 1838-1840 on the Corvette La Recherche (.) published by order of the King under the direction of Mr. Paul GAIMARD. SCANDINAVE LITERATURE, by M. Xavier MARMIER. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, sd [1842-1856]. Grand in-8 de (1), 557 pp. Half red wedge-shaped chagrin, spine with nerves ornamented, gilt title, gilt head (rel. post.). Freckles. A marine physician and naturalist, Joseph Paul GAIMARD (1793-1858) had participated in the round-the-world voyages of Freycinet (1817-1820) and Dumont d'Urville (1826-1829), when he was appointed, in 1835, president of the Scientific Commission of Iceland and Greenland. He thus explored Iceland and Greenland on the corvette la Recherche in 1835-1836, then Scandinavia, Lapland, Spitsbergen and the Faroe Islands in 1838-1840. The aim was to find the trace of Jules de Blosseville's Lille, which disappeared in 1833 off the coast of Iceland, and to carry out a vast interdisciplinary scientific programme. Gaimard took a very important part in the publications following the voyages of Uranie, Astrolabe and Research. If the Research expedition has been unjustly unknown in France since then, it nevertheless enjoys a great reputation among specialists of this Arctic zone for the quality of the information collected and the precision of the surveys and drawings made on the spot. The first major interdisciplinary research expedition between the northern coasts of Scandinavia and the Svalbard archipelago (Spitzberg), it was carried out at a time when this zone was experiencing a period of economic and demographic prosperity, thanks to the exploitation of natural resources. Endowed with a truly international dimension thanks to the many renowned European scientists surrounding Paul Gaimard, it bears witness to the desire for European expansion in the Arctic territories. (Brunet II, 1443-144
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