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Navigators & naturalists : French exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas (1769-1824)
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"Weaving together geography, natural philosophy and human history, this books tell - often in their owns words - of the exploration of the great French naturalist-voyagers, their scientific hunger ...
"Weaving together geography, natural philosophy and human history, this books tell - often in their owns words - of the exploration of the great French naturalist-voyagers, their scientific hunger to discover new lands and document their people, plants, animals and minerals, their relationships with Māori and the desire of France to compete with the British in the Pacific"--Back cover.
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- Creator
- Michael Lee
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Auckland, New Zealand : Bateman Books, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781869539658, 1869539656
- OCLC
- on1057618611
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-468) and index.
- Part one: Introduction -- To the far side of the world -- Part two: Jean de Surville -- The capitalist -- Part three: Marion Dufresne -- Enlightenment martyr? -- Part four: La Pérouse and D'Entrecasteaux -- Revolution and Bonaparte -- Part five: Vicit Scientiam -- Science victorious
Subjects
- Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811 -- Travel.
- Surville, Jean François de, 1717-1770 -- Travel.
- Marion du Fresne, M.-J. (Marc-Joseph), 1724-1772 -- Travel.
- La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 -- Travel.
- Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d', 1737-1793 -- Travel.
- New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
- French -- New Zealand -- History.