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With Lesson he wrote the zoological section of the voyage's report, Voyage autour du monde exécuté par order du roi sur la corvette La Coquille (1828–1832). He died, aged 44, in Paris . The widely distributed parthenogenetic Indo-Pacific house gecko Hemidactylus garnotii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron , 1836 , was named in his honour.
Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes, Paris. Duquy, Raymond (1995). René Primevère Lesson. Un voyage autour du monde. in Aventures scientifiques. Savants en Poitou-Charentes du XVIe au XXe siècle (DHOMBRES J., dir.), Les éditions de l’Actualité Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers) : 136–147.
La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205, [1] is a suite in seven movements for wind quintet, composed in 1939 by the French composer Darius Milhaud. The title alludes to a Provençal proverb playing on words for 'fireplace', 'chimney' and 'promenade': the 15th-century King of Sicily René d'Anjou is said to have enjoyed walks in the winter sun of ...
En canot sur les chemins d'eau du Roi ("By Canoe on the King's Waterways") is a 2005 travel book by the French writer Jean Raspail.It retells the North American voyage the author made by canoe in 1949, following the route of the 17th-century missionary Father Marquette.
Refuge du Roc de la Pêche is a refuge in the Alps 45°19′40″N 6°41′29″E / 45.32778°N 6.69139°E / 45.32778; 6 This article about a French building or structure is a stub .
An illustration of Réné Duguay-Trouin telling King Louis XIV of his exploits.. In 1694, Louis XIV awarded Duguay-Trouin with a sword of honour for his naval service. In the same year, Duguay-Trouin, commanding the frigate Diligente, was attacked by a Royal Navy squadron commanded by Admiral David Mitchell while convoying a group of French merchant ships on 12 April.
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.
Early voyages in the Southern or Antarctic Ocean Chiloé Island. Anthony de la Roché (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was a 17th-century English maritime explorer and merchant, born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother, who took part in a joint venture established by English and Dutch shipowners in the ...