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DUPERREY, Louis Isidore, Voyage autour du Monde... (653 words) |
 | Duperrey, who was thirty-five at the start of the voyage, had been on the crew of the previous major French Pacific voyage, that of Freycinet. |
| The expedition discovered new islands (for instance in the Gilbert and Caroline groups), corrected errors in existing maps and charts, especially of the Society Islands, and collated valuable meteorological data from an extensive 31-month series of observations of sea temperature and air pressure and temperature, during which six observations were made daily. |
| Duperrey's long visit to Tahiti and the Society Islands continued the French interest in this group, which culminated in their annexation by Dupetit-Thouars. |
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