1826 Dumont d'Urville's South Seas Voyage Medal

Medal: 1826 Dumont d'Urville's voyage of the 'Astrolabe', in…
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Medal: 1826 Dumont d'Urville's voyage of the 'Astrolabe', in bronze (50 mm), by F.Depaulis, obverse bust of Charles X, King of France, reverse inscription in French. Commemorating the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the South Seas. She sailed via the Cape of Good Hope, through Bass Strait, stopped at Port Phillip and arrived at Sydney in Dec.1828.

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