Then, chart in hand, we returned to the deeds of the French navigator: his voyages to circumnavigate the globe, his double attempt at the South Pole, which led to his discovery of the Adélie Coast and the Louis-Philippe Peninsula, finally his hydrographic surveys of the chief islands in Oceania.
Puis, la carte à la main, nous revîmes les travaux du navigateur français, ses voyages de circumnavigation, sa double tentative au pôle Sud qui amena la découverte des terres Adélie et Louis-Philippe, enfin ses levés hydrographiques des principales îles de l'Océanie.