The art of science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800 - 1804 / edited by Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton...
The art of science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800 - 1804 / edited by Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton...
The art of science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800 - 1804 / edited by Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton and John West-Sooby.
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Publisher
Kent Town, South Australia Wakefield Press, 2016.
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Call Numbers
HQ 2016/1208
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 27 cm.
Content type
still image
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Word and image -- The Baudin expedition -- Napoleon's France -- First encounters -- Friend or foe? -- Unlocking mysteries -- Tasmanian Fauna -- Reading the work -- The art of cultural exchange.
Publication information
Publisher
Kent Town, South Australia Wakefield Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
South Australia
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands', charting coasts, studying the natural environment and recordi...
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Full title
The art of science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800 - 1804 / edited by Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton and John West-Sooby.
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Notes
General note
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
copyright2016
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HQ 2016/1208
Record Identifier
74VKVpGQkkDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpGQkkDO
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ISBN
9781743054277 (paperback)
DDC
919.404207494
MMS ID
991023987300002626
