Charles Jacquinot
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Charles Hector Jacquinot was a noted mariner, best known for his role in early French Antarctic surveys.
He was an ensign on the Coquille. His first trip to Antarctica was made in 1826–29 with Jules Dumont d'Urville
. For that voyage, Jacquinot was awarded the Cross of Honor.
Jacquinot held the rank of lieutenant when he returned to Antarctica with d'Urville as second-in-command. He was commander of the expedition corvette
Zelee in the late 1830s. The ships departed from Toulon in September 1837. The mission of the expedition was to survey the Straights of Magellan, then head to the Weddell Sea
.
Mount Jacquinot
was named for him by d'Urville, who was said to have been his best friend.
After d'Urville's passing, Jacquinot supervised the publication of the last expedition's narrative but the writer was Clement Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (see the wikipedia french edition.)
Jacquinot eventually was appointed Vice Admiral. He was commander at Piraeus, Greece, during the Crimean War
. He served from 1854 to 1855. He was awarded the Greek Order of the Redeemer.
He died soon after retiring from the Naval General Staff in 1879. He was said to have been modest, no doubt a result of his request to be buried without military honors.
He was the brother of Honoré Jacquinot
, a surgeon who served as a naturalist on that same voyage and who traveled on that same ship.
He was an ensign on the Coquille. His first trip to Antarctica was made in 1826–29 with Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.-Childhood:Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau...
. For that voyage, Jacquinot was awarded the Cross of Honor.
Jacquinot held the rank of lieutenant when he returned to Antarctica with d'Urville as second-in-command. He was commander of the expedition corvette
Corvette
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
Zelee in the late 1830s. The ships departed from Toulon in September 1837. The mission of the expedition was to survey the Straights of Magellan, then head to the Weddell Sea
Weddell Sea
The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. To the east of Cape Norvegia is...
.
Mount Jacquinot
Mount Jacquinot
Mount Jacquinot is a pyramidal peak, 475 m, with exposed rock on its north side, lying 3 miles south of Cape Legoupil and 1 mile east of Huon Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula...
was named for him by d'Urville, who was said to have been his best friend.
After d'Urville's passing, Jacquinot supervised the publication of the last expedition's narrative but the writer was Clement Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (see the wikipedia french edition.)
Jacquinot eventually was appointed Vice Admiral. He was commander at Piraeus, Greece, during the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
. He served from 1854 to 1855. He was awarded the Greek Order of the Redeemer.
He died soon after retiring from the Naval General Staff in 1879. He was said to have been modest, no doubt a result of his request to be buried without military honors.
He was the brother of Honoré Jacquinot
Honoré Jacquinot
Honoré Jacquinot was a French surgeon and zoologist. Jacquinot was the younger brother of the naval officer Charles Hector Jacquinot, and sailed with him as a naturalist on La Zelee on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition . With J. B...
, a surgeon who served as a naturalist on that same voyage and who traveled on that same ship.