Discovery and Empire: The French in the South Seas

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The University of Adelaide Press

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05 April 2014

01 October 2013

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9781922064523

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Subjects:: Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, Australian History, European Studies

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It was not until the eighteenth century that France began sending mariners to the southern oceans on a regular basis, and by that time a new maritime power had begun to emerge: Great Britain. Together, these two nations would play a decisive role in determining the configuration of these little known parts of the globe, and particularly of the Pacific, which had for so long been the almost exclusive preserve of Spain.

[T]his is a fine and useful volume, engaging and accessible, and available on free access from University of Adelaide Press. It offers extensive background and some innovative approaches to thinking about the French connection with the regions of the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.'

Ian Coller Source: Australian Historical Studies, 46

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Select 2 - The Abbé Paulmier's <span class='italic'>Mémoires</span> and Early French Voyages in Search of <span class='italic'>Terra Australis</span>

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Select 3 - The Acquisitive Eye? French Observations in the Pacific from Bougainville to Baudin

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By Jean Fornasiero, University of Adelaide, John West-Sooby, University of Adelaide

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Select 4 - Discovering the Savage Senses: French and British Explorers' Encounters with Aboriginal People

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Select 5 - A Case of Peripheral Vision: Early Spanish and French Perceptions of the British Colony at Port Jackson

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By Jacqueline Dutton, University of Melbourne

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Discovery and Empire

The French in the South Seas

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-x

List of Contributors
pp xi-xi

Acknowledgements
pp xii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-14

Note on the Second Frank Horner Lecture
pp 15-16

1 - The Globe Encompassed: France and Pacific Convergences in the Age of the Enlightenment
pp 17-40

2 - The Abbé Paulmier's Mémoires and Early French Voyages in Search of Terra Australis
pp 41-68

3 - The Acquisitive Eye? French Observations in the Pacific from Bougainville to Baudin
pp 69-98

4 - Discovering the Savage Senses: French and British Explorers' Encounters with Aboriginal People
pp 99-140

5 - A Case of Peripheral Vision: Early Spanish and French Perceptions of the British Colony at Port Jackson
pp 141-170

6 - New Creatures Made Known: Some Animal Histories of the Baudin Expedition
pp 171-214

7 - “Primitive race”, “pure race”, “brown race”, “every race”: Louis Freycinet's Understanding of Human Difference in Oceania
pp 215-244

8 - Imperial Eyes on the Pacific Prize: French Visions of a Perfect Penal Colony in the South Seas
pp 245-282

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