Jacques Pucheran
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Jacques Pucheran was a French
zoologist.
Pucheran accompanied the expedition on the Astrolabe between 1837 and 1840, under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville
, with fellow-naturalists Jacques Bernard Hombron
and Honoré Jacquinot
. On his return he contributed the ornithological section (with Jacquinot) of Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zélée (1841–1854).
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zoologist.
Pucheran accompanied the expedition on the Astrolabe between 1837 and 1840, under the command of 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...
, with fellow-naturalists Jacques Bernard Hombron
Jacques Bernard Hombron
Doctor Jacques Bernard Hombron was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Hombron served on the French voyage of the Astrolabe and Zelee between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of Antarctica. He described a number of plants and animals with Honoré Jacquinot.-See also:* European and...
and 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...
. On his return he contributed the ornithological section (with Jacquinot) of Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zélée (1841–1854).