A Scientific Voyage in the Southern Hemisphere and Around the World

Narrative Journal of Joseph-Paul Gaimard Commissioned Surgeon of the Marine Royale
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-916931-03-9
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 542 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1225 g

Reihe: Hakluyt Society Third Series

The aims of the expedition of the French corvette Uranie, which left Toulon for a planned global circumnavigation in September 1817, were scientific. Gravity and magnetic fields were to be measured, natural history specimens were to be collected and primitive societies were to be studied. There were, however, no professional scientists on board. Instead, the ship's officers were made responsible for physical science and the medical staff for natural history. The junior surgeon, Joseph-Paul Gaimard, kept a diary in a large official notebook that had been issued to him. The first entries were of instructions and stores related to his medical duties and for his auxiliary role as a zoologist and anthropologist. The narrative section that follows, which ends with the vessel leaving Guam and headed for Hawaii, is a disordered but fascinating mix of straightforward accounts of events and medical interventions, lists of samples collected, results of measurements on peoples encountered and extracts from material located in colonial libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaimard, Joseph-Paul

Brassard, Sylvie

Milsom, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Preface

INTRODUCTION:

Background to a Journey
A Voyage Is Proposed
The Response
The Baudin Expedition

The Casuarina
The People
The Character of a Captain
Rose
Gaimard
Quoy
Keraudren
Arago
The Voyage
The King's Corvette Uranie
Boats
The Voyage to Guam
The Later Voyage
The Return to France
The Contribution to Science
Historical Significance

NARRATIVE JOURNAL OF JOSEPH-PAUL GAIMARD, COMMISSIONED
SURGEON OF THE MARINE ROYALE

The Preamble
1. Instructions to the Medical Officers of the Corvette Uranie

2. Stores and Supplies

3. Instructions for Naturalists

Académie des Sciences

Zoology

Instructions for Botany

Geology

4. Miscellaneous Letters and Advice
Advice regarding the Southern Lands

Copy of the Note Given by M. Bailly to M. Faujas de St Fond

A Letter from the Chevalier de Gassicourt

A Letter from M. Noel de la Morinière

A Note Concerning Seals

5. Instructions to the Officers and Midshipmen of the Corvette Uranie

Instructions for Observations while at Sea

Instructions for Observations while Ashore

The Diary
6. Toulon to Gibraltar

7. Tenerife

8. Rio de Janeiro

9. Cape Town

10. Mauritius and Réunion

11. Shark Bay

12. Timor: Kupang, Alor and Dili

13. Lawak and the Carolines

14. Guam

15. Information from the Spanish Archives

16. Information from Don Luis de Torres

17. Final Notes on the Marianas

18. Additional Vocabularies

19. The Instruments and Complement of the Uranie

20. Contents Listing (Gaimard)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GLOSSARIES
A. Gaimard's Marine Zoology

B. Gaimard's Medical Cabinet

GENERAL INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Brassard, Sylvie
SYLVIE BRASSARD is a researcher in French exploration history. She recently completed a doctoral thesis on the women of the Musée de l'Homme in Pacific archaeology during the 20th century. A French Canadian, she lives in Perth in Western Australia

Milsom, John
JOHN MILSOM is a geophysicist and author of 'The Hunt for Earth Gravity', a history of gravity measurements in the study of the Earth. It was while researching for that book that he first learned of the voyage of the Uranie. He lives in Wales,