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In December 1817, he left to [[India]] and arrived in [[Calcutta]] in May 1818, where he met [[Pierre-Médard Diard]]. Together, they moved on to [[Chandannagar]], where they started a collection of animals and plants for the [[Paris Museum of Natural History]]. They employed hunters who supplied them every day with live and dead specimens, and also started a botanical garden to cultivate plants. In June 1818, they sent a first consignment to Paris, containing among others a skeleton of a [[Ganges river dolphin]]. The following consignments included a live [[Cashmere goat]], pheasants and various birds. In December 1818, they accompanied [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] to [[Singapore]] and [[Sumatra]], and continued their collection under his contract.<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k93103v/f137.image.pagination.langEN ''Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde.''] Journal asiatique no. 21, Mars 1824</ref> They stayed in Sumatra for more than one year, during which time they sent nearly 2000 animals to Paris, comprising 88 species of mammals, 630 species of birds, 59 species of reptiles apart from skins, drawings and skeletons. Notable species included [[Sumatran rhinoceros]], [[Javan rhinoceros]], [[Malayan tapir]], [[gibbon]]s, [[leaf monkey]]s, two previously unknown [[fruit bat]] species, [[tree shrew]]s, [[skunk]]s, [[binturong]] and [[sun bear]].<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k931046/f287.image.pagination.langEN ''Troisieme Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde, ayant pour objet plus particulier, l’histoire naturelle.''] Journal asiatique, Novembre 1824</ref> |
In December 1817, he left to [[India]] and arrived in [[Calcutta]] in May 1818, where he met [[Pierre-Médard Diard]]. Together, they moved on to [[Chandannagar]], where they started a collection of animals and plants for the [[Paris Museum of Natural History]]. They employed hunters who supplied them every day with live and dead specimens, and also started a botanical garden to cultivate plants. In June 1818, they sent a first consignment to Paris, containing among others a skeleton of a [[Ganges river dolphin]]. The following consignments included a live [[Cashmere goat]], pheasants and various birds. In December 1818, they accompanied [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] to [[Singapore]] and [[Sumatra]], and continued their collection under his contract.<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k93103v/f137.image.pagination.langEN ''Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde.''] Journal asiatique no. 21, Mars 1824</ref> They stayed in Sumatra for more than one year, during which time they sent nearly 2000 animals to Paris, comprising 88 species of mammals, 630 species of birds, 59 species of reptiles apart from skins, drawings and skeletons. Notable species included [[Sumatran rhinoceros]], [[Javan rhinoceros]], [[Malayan tapir]], [[gibbon]]s, [[leaf monkey]]s, two previously unknown [[fruit bat]] species, [[tree shrew]]s, [[skunk]]s, [[binturong]] and [[sun bear]].<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k931046/f287.image.pagination.langEN ''Troisieme Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde, ayant pour objet plus particulier, l’histoire naturelle.''] Journal asiatique, Novembre 1824</ref> |
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Raffles dismissed them when he discovered that they had sent sketches and descriptions of the collected species to the museum in Paris.<ref name="michaud">Michaud, M. (1855) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k516524/f4.image.pagination.r=Duvaucel.langEN ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne.''] Tome douzième. A. Thoisnier Desplaces. Paris</ref> Duvaucel returned to Chandannagar, from where he made several excursions. In July 1821, he traveled to the mountains of [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]], and in September 1822 intended to |
Raffles dismissed them when he discovered that they had sent sketches and descriptions of the collected species to the museum in Paris.<ref name="michaud">Michaud, M. (1855) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k516524/f4.image.pagination.r=Duvaucel.langEN ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne.''] Tome douzième. A. Thoisnier Desplaces. Paris</ref> Duvaucel returned to Chandannagar, from where he made several excursions. In July 1821, he traveled to the mountains of [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]], and in September 1822 intended to visit [[Tibet]].<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k93103v/f205.image.pagination.langEN ''Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde.''] Journal asiatique, Avril 1824</ref> But due to [[Tibet#19th_century|political circumstances]], he had to restrict his excursions to the territories of [[Benares]] and [[Kathmandu]].<ref>Weiss, C. (1841) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k36707c/f480.image.pagination.r=Duvaucel.langEN ''Biographie universelle, ou Dictionnaire historique contenant la nécrologie des hommes célèbres de tous les pays. 2. CHA-GER''] Furne. Paris</ref> Since his return from Sylhet, he suffered from a recurring [[malaria|jungle fever]]. He died in August 1924 in [[Madras]].<ref name="michaud"/> |
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Only ten years later, rumours were afloat that he was mauled by a [[Bengal tiger|tiger]].<ref>Eyriès, J. B., Malte-Brun, C. (1835) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k69831v/f1.pagination.r=Duvaucel.langEN ''Nouvelles annales des voyages, de la géographie et de l'histoire.''] Volume 66, Troisième série. Gide fils, Arthus Bertrand. Paris</ref> |
Only ten years later, rumours were afloat that he was mauled by a [[Bengal tiger|tiger]].<ref>Eyriès, J. B., Malte-Brun, C. (1835) [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k69831v/f1.pagination.r=Duvaucel.langEN ''Nouvelles annales des voyages, de la géographie et de l'histoire.''] Volume 66, Troisième série. Gide fils, Arthus Bertrand. Paris</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:29, 23 December 2010
Alfred Duvaucel (1793,
.In December 1817, he left to
Raffles dismissed them when he discovered that they had sent sketches and descriptions of the collected species to the museum in Paris.Madras.[3]
Only ten years later, rumours were afloat that he was mauled by a tiger.[6]
Legacy
He is commemorated in the
Duvaucels Gecko
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii.
References
- ^ Société Asiatique (1824) Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde. Journal asiatique no. 21, Mars 1824
- ^ Société Asiatique (1824) Troisieme Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde, ayant pour objet plus particulier, l’histoire naturelle. Journal asiatique, Novembre 1824
- ^ a b Michaud, M. (1855) Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne. Tome douzième. A. Thoisnier Desplaces. Paris
- ^ Société Asiatique (1824) Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde. Journal asiatique, Avril 1824
- ^ Weiss, C. (1841) Biographie universelle, ou Dictionnaire historique contenant la nécrologie des hommes célèbres de tous les pays. 2. CHA-GER Furne. Paris
- ^ Eyriès, J. B., Malte-Brun, C. (1835) Nouvelles annales des voyages, de la géographie et de l'histoire. Volume 66, Troisième série. Gide fils, Arthus Bertrand. Paris