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Nicole Starbuck
Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia [PDF ebook]

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This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin’s scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition’s stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte.

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Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781317322122 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4431963 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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