Navigators & naturalists

French exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas (1769-1824)

By Michael Lee

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Publish Date

2018

Publisher

Bateman Books

Language

eng

Pages

480

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.

subjects: Travel, Discovery and exploration, French, History, Discoveries in geography

People: Louis-Antoine de Bougainville comte (1729-1811), Jean François de Surville (1717-1770), M.-J Marion du Fresne (1724-1772), Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse comte de (1741-1788), Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni Entrecasteaux chevalier d' (1737-1793)

Places: New Zealand, Oceania