| Description |
1 online resource (1 electronic resource (xiii, 282 pages)) : illustrations (some colour), maps |
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data file |
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French language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
This book is available as a free fully-searchable PDF from www.adelaide.edu.au/press. |
| Contents |
Introduction / John West-Sooby -- Note on the Second Frank Horner Lecture / John West-Sooby -- Globe Encompassed: France and Pacific Convergences in the Age of the Enlightenment / John Gascoigne -- Abbé Paulmier's Mémoires and Early French Voyages in Search of Terra Australis / Margaret Sankey -- 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- History.
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Imperialism. |
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History. |
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
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Oceania. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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France -- Colonies -- Oceania -- History.
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France. |
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Colonies. |
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France -- Territories and possessions -- History.
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France -- Relations -- Oceania.
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Relations. |
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Oceania -- Relations -- France.
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Oceania Region. |
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Oceania -- Colonization -- History.
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Colonization. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
West-Sooby, John, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781922064523 (electronic book) |
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1922064521 (electronic book) |
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9781922064530 (hardback) |
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