Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia

Name: Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin\u2019s scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition\u2019s stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte. > This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin\u2019s scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition\u2019s stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte. > Chapter 1 Introduction: Voyaging out of the Enlightenment; Chapter 1a Between Revolution and Empire: France and its Australian Voyage in 1800; Chapter 2 'I Should wish ... to Establish a Few Tents on Shore': The Port Jackson Stay; Chapter 3 Disciplining Passions: French Naval-Voyag;