Editing Jules Dumont d'Urville (section)

=== Voyage of ''Coquille'' ===
On his return from the voyage of ''Chevrette'', Dumont was sent to the naval archive, where he encountered Lieutenant [[Louis-Isidore Duperrey]], a past acquaintance.  The two began to plan an expedition of exploration in the Pacific,<ref group="note">Some years earlier Dumont was an unsuccessful candidate to take part in the voyage of the ship ''Uranie'', under the command of [[Louis de Freycinet]]. His failure to gain a place on that voyage became for him a personal issue and influenced his later behaviour.</ref>  an area out of which France had been forced during the [[Napoleonic Wars]].  France considered it might be able to regain some of its losses by taking over part of [[New South Wales]].  On 11 August 1822, the ship [[French ship Astrolabe (1811)|''Coquille'']] sailed from Toulon with the objective of collecting as much scientific and strategic information as possible on the area to which it was dispatched.  Duperrey was named Commander of the expedition because he was four years older than Dumont. Dumont discovered the [[Adélie penguin]], which is named after his wife.<ref>Trathan, P. N., & Ballard, G. (2013). Adélie Penguin. In Borboroglu, P. G., & Boersma, P. D. (Eds.), ''Penguins : Natural history and conservation''. University of Washington Press. p. 37. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-1052-4}}.</ref>

[[René-Primevère Lesson]] travelled on ''Coquille'' as a naval doctor and naturalist. On the return to France in March 1825, Lesson and Dumont brought an imposing collection of animals and plants collected on the [[Falkland Islands]], on the coasts of [[Chile]] and [[Peru]], in the archipelagos of the Pacific and [[New Zealand]], [[New Guinea]], and [[Australia]]. Dumont was now 35 and in poor health.  On board ''Coquille'', he had behaved as a competent official, but disinclined to military discipline and subordination.  On the return to France, Duperrey and Dumont were promoted to [[commander]].{{sfnp|Taillemite|2008|p=243}}

==== Collection ====
On ''Coquille'', Dumont tried to reconcile his responsibilities as second in command with his need to carry out scientific work. He was in charge of carrying out research in the fields of botany and entomology. ''La Coquille'' brought back to France specimens of more than 3,000 species of plants, 400 of which were previously unknown, enriching moreover the [[Muséum national d'histoire naturelle]] in Paris with more than 1,200 specimens of insects, covering 1,100 insect species (including 300 previously unknown species). The scientists [[Georges Cuvier]] and [[François Arago]] analysed the results of his searches and praised Dumont.{{Citation needed|date = April 2016}}

As a botanist and cartographer, Dumont d'Urville left his mark on New Zealand. He gave his name to the genus of seaweeds ''[[Durvillaea]]'', which includes southern bull-kelp; the seaweed ''Grateloupia urvilleana''; the species of grass tree ''Dracophyllum urvilleanum''; the shrub ''Hebe urvilleana'' and the buttercup ''Ranunculus urvilleanus''.<ref name="biog">{{Cite web |last=Taonga |first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu |title=Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1d19/dumont-durville-jules-sebastien-cesar |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=teara.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref>