Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas
West-Sooby, John
Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas - University of Adelaide Press 2013 - 1 electronic resource (302 p.)
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The French connection with the South Seas stretches back at least as far as the voyage of Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (1503-1505), who believed he had discovered the fabled great south land after being blown off course during a storm near the Cape of Good Hope. (...) It was not until the eighteenth century, however, 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.
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English
discovery
10.20851/discovery doi
Australasian & Pacific history
jean fornasiero australia oceania french perceptions french voyages pacific ocean shino konishi jacqueline dutton penal colony animal histories nicole starbuck british colony baudin expedition imperialism port jackson freycinet rance south seas john gascoigne british explorers terra australis margaret sankey john west-sooby baudin aboriginal people spanish perceptions stephanie pfennigwerth bougainville abbé paulmier’s mémoires age of the enlightenment french explorers senses France
Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas - University of Adelaide Press 2013 - 1 electronic resource (302 p.)
Open Access
The French connection with the South Seas stretches back at least as far as the voyage of Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (1503-1505), who believed he had discovered the fabled great south land after being blown off course during a storm near the Cape of Good Hope. (...) It was not until the eighteenth century, however, 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.
Creative Commons
English
discovery
10.20851/discovery doi
Australasian & Pacific history
jean fornasiero australia oceania french perceptions french voyages pacific ocean shino konishi jacqueline dutton penal colony animal histories nicole starbuck british colony baudin expedition imperialism port jackson freycinet rance south seas john gascoigne british explorers terra australis margaret sankey john west-sooby baudin aboriginal people spanish perceptions stephanie pfennigwerth bougainville abbé paulmier’s mémoires age of the enlightenment french explorers senses France