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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointed Grand-croix de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:631 | |||
| 1820 | Appointed Elève au Collège Royal d'Angoulème | ref:631 | ||
| 1.5.1822 | Aspirant | ref:631 | ||
| 1826 | 1829 | Made almost in quick succession three great voyages of circumnavigation and discovery , the first aboard the "Astrolabe" , under the orders of Dumont d'Urville , and takes part in the Dumont d'Urville campaign in the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean . He will show a developed taste for hydrology and ethnography . | ref:631 | |
| 29.10.1826 | Enseigne de Vaisseau | ref:631 | ||
| 1829 | 1832 | Second voyage of circumnavigation and discovery , aboard the "Favorite" , under Commander Laplace . | ref:631 | |
| 1.9.1832 | Lieutenant de Vaisseau | ref:631 | ||
| 1833 | The Minister of the Navy instructed him to study in England , with the most renowned engineers and builders , the question of machinery and maritime navigation , steam , then much more advanced in this country than in France . | ref:631 | ||
| 1834 | 1836 | The success of this mission, which opened up a new horizon for his career, earned him, at the age of twenty-eight, the honor of commanding one of the first steam ships of the French fleet : the commandments of the "Castor" (1834-36) . | ref:631 | |
| 1837 | 1840 | Third voyage of circumnavigation and discovery , aboard the "Artémise" , under Commander Laplace . | ref:631 | |
| 30.9.1840 | Capitaine de Frégate | ref:631 | ||
| 1843 | Commander of the "Infernal" . | ref:631 | ||
| 1844 | 1846 | Commander of the "Archimedes" : the first steamer to have doubled the Cape of Good Hope . | ref:631 | |
| 1846 | aft.2.8.1847 | Commander of the royal yacht the "Comte d'Eu" : on August 2, 1847 , boiler explosion , of which 14 men were casualties . | ref:631 | |
| 8.9.1846 | Capitaine de Vaisseau | ref:631 | ||
| 1848 | Commander of the "Gomer" . | ref:631 | ||
| 1850 | Commander of the "Orénoque" | ref:631 | ||
| 1854 | Commander of the "Fleurus" vessel . | ref:631 | ||
| 1855 | 1856 | Commanded the division of the Dnieper after the capture of Kinburn (winter 1855-56) . | ref:631 | |
| 11.8.1855 | Appointed Commandeur de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur | ref:631 | ||
| 1856 | Commander of the frigate "Audacieuse" , built by Dupuy de Lôme . | ref:631 | ||
| 7.11.1858 | Contre-Amiral | ref:631 | ||
| bef.1.1.1860 | 1861 | Sub-commander in the Evolutions Squadron . Commander of the second division of the squadron , aboard the "Algeciras" . | ref:631 | |
| 22.6.1863 | Appointed Membre de l'Académie des Sciences , Section de Géographie et de Navigation replacing Bravais .
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| c.1864 | Appointed Membre du Bureau des Longitudes at Paris | ref:631 | ||
| bef.1.1.1869 | Appointed Vice-Président de la Commission des Phares at Paris Membres : Aimé Coupvent-Desbois , Jean Saisset , Contre-Amiraux; Auguste Robiou de Lavrignais , Inspecteur général du Génie maritime; | ref:631 | ||
| bef.1.1.1869 | Appointed Directeur Général du Comité Hydrographique at Paris listed Président Membres : Benoît Darondeau , Ingénieur hydrographe en chef; Ferdinand Delaroche-Ponciè , Ingénieur hydrographe de 1ère classe; Ernest Bochet , Maurice Leps , Capitaines de vaisseau; Pierre Guieysse , Sous-Ingénieur hydrographe , Secrétaire . | ref:631 | ||
| bef.1.1.1869 | Appointed Directeur du Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine at Paris for 7 years . Adjoints : Benoît Darondeau , Ingénieur hydrographe en chef , Chef du Service Hydrographie, Pierre Le Gras , Capitaine de Frégate , Chef du Service des Instructions Nautiques et des Traductions ; | ref:631 | ||
| 12.12.1871 | 8.4.1893 | Appointed Conservateur du Musée de la Marine at Paris | ref:631 | |
| 1876 | Appointed Président de l'Académie des Sciences at Paris | ref:631 |