| Call Number |
MN 1188 |
| Physical description |
7 cm (489 pages, large folio) |
| Notes |
ACC 3506A/1 and ACC 3506A/2 (extracts) are photocopies. ACC 3506A/3 is Gaimard's original journal. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As |
State Library of Western Australia, MN 1188, Paul Gaimard journal and related papers, ACC 3506A. |
| Additional formats |
ACC 3506A/1-3 also available on microfilm. |
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A digital copy of Gaimard's journal is also available online. |
| Biography/history |
French surgeon and naturalist on board the Uranie during its voyage to Australia and the Pacific. The expedition, led by de Freycinet, explored the vicinity of Shark Bay, Dirk Hartog, Dorrie and Faure Islands and the Peron Peninsular. |
| Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1188). |
| Summary |
"Journal Du Voyage de Circumnavigation, tenu par Mr Gaimard, Chirurgien a Bord de la Corvette L'Uranie", September 1817-June 1819. A note by Gaimard implies that he continued his journal in the form of loose notebooks. These were possibly lost in the wreck of the Uranie off the Falklands. The first 60 pages of the journal were written by a clerk and contain Gaimard's record of instructions for the voyage, both general and those specific to his work as surgeon. The remainder are written by Gaimard with some marginal drawings by Jacques Arago, the expedition's official artist; extract from Hordern House catalogue Pacific voyages and exploration (1987) giving some description and history and notes on drawings by Jacques Arago. |
| Subjects |
Gaimard, Paul, 1793-1858 -- Archives.
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Gaimard, Paul, 1793-1858 -- Diaries.
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Uranie (Corvette)
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Voyages and travels.
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Ship physicians -- France -- Archives.
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Ship physicians -- France -- Diaries.
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Surgeons -- France -- Archives.
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Surgeons -- France -- Diaries.
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Naturalists -- France -- Archives.
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Naturalists -- France -- Diaries.
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Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Related item |
Gaimard's lost trousers : the journal account of a visit by the assistant surgeon of the Uranie to Shark Bay in 1818
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The original manuscript journal of Joseph Gaimard kept during the Freycinet expedition around the world and to Western Australia, 1817-1819 Q910.41MCC
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