Jacques Arago
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Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (6 March 1790 – 27 November 1855) was a French writer, artist and explorer, author of a Voyage Round the World.
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[edit] Biography
Jacques was born in Estagel, Pyrénées-Orientales. He was the brother of François Arago (1786–1853), a scientist and politician, the most famous of the four Arago brothers. His two other brothers were Jean Arago (1788–1836), a general in the Mexican army; and Étienne Arago (1802–1892), a writer and politician.
Jacques Arago joined Louis de Freycinet on his 1817 voyage around the world aboard the ship Uranie, which inspired his witty Voyage autour du monde.[1]
Although he lost his sight in 1837, he went on traveling and writing for the theater. In Curieux voyage autour du monde (1853), he tells of his round trip without once using the letter "a".[2]
He died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over forty of his drawings were donated to the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Frances Damon Holt.[3]
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Ooro, One of the Principal Officers of Kamehameha II, pen and ink wash over graphite, 1819, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Tattooing, Sandwich Islands, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Jacques Arago (1823). Narrative of a voyage round the world, in the Uranie and Physicienne corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. Treuttel & Wurtz, Treuttal, jun. & Richter. http://books.google.com/books?id=rLENAAAAQAAJ.
- ^ Curieux voyage autour du monde de Jacques Arago
- ^ "Tattoo Traditions of Hawai'i: Original Drawings by Jacques Arago: John Dominis and Patches Damon Holt Gallery". Honolulu Academy of Arts. http://www.honoluluacademy.org/cmshaa/academy/index.aspx?id=1524. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
[edit] External links
- Works by or about Jacques Arago at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
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