Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas

The French connection with the South Seas stretches back at least as far as the voyage of Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (1503-1505), who believed he had discovered the fabled great south land after being blown off course during a storm near the Cape of Good Hope. (...) It was not until the eighteenth...

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Main Author:	West-Sooby, John (auth)
Format:	Electronic Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	University of Adelaide Press 2013
Subjects:	Australasian & Pacific history jean fornasiero australia oceania french perceptions french voyages pacific ocean shino konishi jacqueline dutton penal colony animal histories nicole starbuck british colony baudin expedition imperialism port jackson freycinet rance south seas john gascoigne british explorers terra australis margaret sankey john west-sooby baudin aboriginal people spanish perceptions stephanie pfennigwerth bougainville abbé paulmier's mémoires age of the enlightenment french explorers senses France
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Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas by West-Sooby, John

Published 2013

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Discovery and Empire the French in the South Seas by West-Sooby, John