| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits |
| Series |
Second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes ; no. 75 |
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Miegunyah Press series ; 2nd. ser., no. 75
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| Contents |
Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Textual note; Introduction; 1 Cérilly; 2 Revolution and war; 3 Medical student; 4 Savant; 5 To the shoals of Capricorn; 6 Ile de France; 7 A course for New Holland; 8 Shark Bay; 9 Timor; 10 Van Diemen's Land; 11 Uncharted waters; 12 Port Jackson; 13 King Island; 14 Kangaroo Island; 15 Nuyts Archipelago; 16 King George Sound; 17 Back to Shark Bay; 18 Final surveys; 19 The voyage home; 20 Back in France; 21 Final years; 22 Epilogue; Glossary of scientific terms; Glossary of French terms; Notes; Bibliography |
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Botanical index. Zoological index. General index |
| Summary |
Presents a balanced assessment of the difficult relationship between Peron and Baudin, and analyses the conduct of science during some of the most turbulent years in French history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-326) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2014 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Péron, François, 1775-1810.
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Péron, François, 1775-1810. Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes
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| SUBJECT |
Péron, François, 1775-1810. fast (OCoLC)fst00177176 |
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Péron, François 1775-1810 gnd |
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Péron, François, (1775-1810) ram |
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Péron, François. swd |
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Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Péron, François) fast (OCoLC)fst01918083 |
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Naturalists -- France -- Biography
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Travelers -- France -- Biography
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Settlement and contacts -- Explorers -- European
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History -- Biographies -- Non-Indigenous
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Discoveries in geography -- French.
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Naturalists.
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Travelers.
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Naturalistes français -- Terres australes et antarctiques françaises.
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Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- French
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Shark Bay (WA Gascoyne -- Murchison SG49-08)
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Maria Island (E Tas SK55-06)
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Port Jackson (Sydney SI56-05)
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Australia.
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France.
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780522870978 |
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052287097X |
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