Navigators & naturalists
Subtitle: French exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas (1769-1824)
By: Michael Lee
Publisher: Bateman Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781869539658
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Travel; Discovery and exploration; French; History; Discoveries in geography
Other titles: Navigators and naturalists
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-468) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Introduction; title: To the far side of the world; title: Part two: Jean de Surville; title: The capitalist; title: Part three: Marion Dufresne; title: Enlightenment martyr?; title: Part four: La Pérouse and D'Entrecasteaux; title: Revolution and Bonaparte; title: Part five: Vicit Scientiam; title: Science victorious.