Jules de Blosseville

Jules de Blosseville
Born(1802-07-29)29 July 1802
Rouen, France
DiedAugust 1833
Near Greenland
AllegianceKingdom of France
Service / branchFrench Navy
Years of service1818–1833
RankLieutenant
CommandsLilloise
Battles / warsInvasion of Algiers
Other workExplorer of the South Pacific

Jules Poret de Blosseville (29 July 1802 – August 1833) was a French naval officer, geographer and explorer. Born in 1802, he joined the French Navy at the age of 16. From 1822 to 1825, he participated in an expedition that explored the South Pacific and, by its conclusion, circumnavigated the world. He disappeared in August 1833, while in command of his own expedition to the Arctic.