So Captain Dumont d'Urville had put to sea in command of a vessel named after the Astrolabe, and just two months after Dillon had left Vanikoro, Dumont d'Urville dropped anchor before Hobart.
Dumont d'Urville, kapitein van de Astrolabe, was dus in zee gestoken, en liet twee maanden nadat Dillon Vanikoro verlaten had, het anker voor Hobarttown vallen.