Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe Astrolabe (1781) of La Pérouse (1781), a converted fluyt Boussole (1782)...

Astrolabe was a converted flûte of the French Navy, famous for her travels with Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse. She was built in 1781 at...

Astrolabe was originally a horse-transport barge converted into an exploration ship of the French Navy. Originally named Coquille, she is famous for her...

Astrolabe Lake, a lake in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Astrolabe Reef, a reef located off the port of Tauranga, New Zealand French ship Astrolabe,...

Although it is less reliable on the heaving deck of a ship in rough seas, the mariner's astrolabe was developed to solve that problem. The 10th-century...

in Oregon, United States French frigate Coquille (1794), French Navy ship later renamed HMS Coquille French ship Astrolabe (1811), originally christened...

being constructed, the parklands were a swamp. Astrolabe Park is named after the French ship Astrolabe, which explored Botany Bay in 1788, just a few...

1781–82 at Bayonne as the flûte Portfaix for the French Navy. In May 1785 she and her sister ship Astrolabe (previously the Autruche) were renamed, rerated...

was raised later that year and rebuilt as the survey ship Astrolabe. She served with the French Navy 1947–48 and was sold for use as a fishing trawler...

administration, the French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV) and the French Navy jointly operate the icebreaker Astrolabe which is based out of...

Jules Dumont d'Urville, who visited the South Pacific aboard the French ship Astrolabe in 1826-1829 and again on the Zélée in 1838-1839. They were only...

visited by Jules Dumont d'Urville in the French ship Astrolabe. The Nemesis (1839) becomes the first iron ship to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, aided...

all ships that have been in service with the French Navy. Names are traditionally re-used over the years, and have been carried by more than one ship. Achéron...

Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard, collected by the French ship Astrolabe. Johngarthia lagostoma is found on Ascension Island, Trindade Island...

French painter who specialised in marine paintings. Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont d'Urville's second voyage aboard the Astrolabe...

The reef was named after the French exploring ship Astrolabe, the Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand is named after the same ship. The reef is a great location...

Barlatier de Mas was aboard the French ship Astrolabe on Jules Dumont d'Urville's expedition to the Southern Seas. The ships left Toulon on 7 September 1837...

Astrolabe Island (63°17′S 58°40′W / 63.283°S 58.667°W / -63.283; -58.667 (Astrolabe Island)) is an island 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long,...

achieving a prestigious objective. The two ships, Astrolabe and Zélée were prepared for the voyage at Toulon. The Astrolabe was commanded by Dumont d'Urville,...

1903–1905 French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named after the Astrolabe, one of the ships of the 1837–1840 French expedition...

Chinese), together with other improvements in astronomical techniques (astrolabe, Jacob's staff, sextant, cartographic techniques (portulan and shipbuilding...

sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged"...

French. Contrary to popular belief, the French did not have orders to claim Terra Australis for France and the arrival of the French ships Astrolabe and...

1947. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1949–51, and named after d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe. Not: Glacier Geologic, Glacier...

vessel, the frigate Astrolabe, were immediately brought about, passing within a few hundred feet of the breakers. At daybreak, the ships returned and mapped...

freighter hull by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington. Originally Astrolabe Bay (AVG-60), she was reclassified ACV-60 on 20 August 1942 and launched...

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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier...

2008, pp. 1–28. Novaresio, 1996. p. 181 "Lapérouse ships, Astrolabe and Boussole" " Daring French Explorations,1714-1854,Trailblazing adventures around...

the solar system. The latter is an inevitable development because the astrolabe was used both by astronomers and astrologers, and it was natural to apply...