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1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps |
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PDF |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / John West-Sooby -- Note on the Second Frank Horner Lecture / John West-Sooby -- The globe encompassed : France and Pacific convergences in the Age of the Enlightenment / John Gascoigne -- The Abbâe Paulmier's Mâemoires and early French voyages in search of Terra Australias / Margaret Sankey -- The acquisitive eye? French observations in the Pacific from Bougainville to Baudin / Jean Fornasiero and John West-Sooby -- Discovering the savage senses : French and British explorers' encounters with Aboriginal people / Shino Konishi -- A case of peripheral vision : early Spanish and French perceptions of the British colony at Port Jackson / John West-Sooby -- New creatures made known : some animal histories of the Baudin Expedition / Stephanie Pfennigwerth -- "Primitive race", "pure race", "brown race", "every race" : Louis Freycinet's understanding of human difference in Oceania / Nicole Starbuck -- Imperial eyes on the Pacific prize : French visions of a perfect penal colony in the South Seas / Jacqueline Dutton. |
| Summary |
"Discovery and Empire is a collection of essays originating out of a symposium that was held at the State Library of South Australia on 8 July 2009. The symposium formed one of the strands of the XVIIth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association of European Historians (6-9 July 2009), the overall theme for which was 'Europe's Expansions and Contractions'."--Publisher's website |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page, viewed July 8, 2021. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
France -- Colonies -- Oceania -- History.
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Imperialism -- History.
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
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Oceania -- Foreign relations -- France.
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France -- Foreign relations -- Oceania.
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Impérialisme -- Histoire.
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Océanie -- Découverte et exploration.
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Océanie -- Relations extérieures -- France.
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France -- Relations extérieures -- Océanie.
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Australasian and Pacific history.
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History.
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Humanities.
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Regional and national history.
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HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
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Colonization
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Discoveries in geography -- French
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French colonies
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French territories and possessions
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Imperialism
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International relations
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France
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Oceania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
West-Sooby, John, editor.
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| Added Title |
French in the South Seas |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas. Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, [2013] 9781922064530 |
| ISBN |
9781922064523 (eBook) |
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1922064521 |
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192206453X |
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9781922064530 |
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9781922064530 (paperback) |
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GBVCP 1008660736 |
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