Terre Napoléon: A History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

Ernest Scott (1867–1939) emigrated to Australia in 1892, settling in Melbourne where he worked as a journalist. In 1913 he was appointed Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. This volume, first published in 1910, discusses the aims and outcome of the survey of the south Australian coa...

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Main Author: Scott, Ernest (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1910
Series:Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139013178
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139013178
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139013178
Summary:Ernest Scott (1867–1939) emigrated to Australia in 1892, settling in Melbourne where he worked as a journalist. In 1913 he was appointed Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. This volume, first published in 1910, discusses the aims and outcome of the survey of the south Australian coast performed by Nicholas Baudin's French expedition between 1800 and 1804, and established Scott's reputation as a historian. Scott traces the path of Baudin's expedition along the then unexplored south coast of Australia, estimating the amount of original surveying performed by the expedition to address the accusation that the French expedition plagiarised British surveys of the same coastline. Scott also discusses the origins of the expedition to investigate possible political motivations behind the survey. This detailed and meticulously researched volume presents a valuable revised view of Baudin's expedition
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages)
ISBN:9781139013178
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139013178