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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2015
    23 October 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107447387
    9781108073752
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107447387
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    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.67kg, 534 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, Historical Geography, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Historical Geography, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    Following the mysterious disappearance of the La Pérouse expedition after it sailed out of Botany Bay in 1788, the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755–1834) took part in the search that departed in 1791 from Brest in two ships, Recherche and Espérance. In the space of three years, the expedition's naturalists collected numerous specimens, with Labillardière focusing on Australian flora, but their missing countrymen were never found. Notwithstanding the later confiscation of the scientific collections by the British - Sir Joseph Banks helped to secure their return - Labillardière was able to publish this narrative to great acclaim in 1800. Reissued here is the English translation of the same year, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia. Volume 1 covers the expedition from September 1791 through to January 1793, when it reached Tasmania.

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