Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in AustraliaScott, Ernest, Sir
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Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
Scott, Ernest, Sir
Australia -- Discovery and exploration; Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
GREGORY, J.W., Geography of Australasia. London, 1907. The best book on
the subject. The author was formerly professor of geology at the
University of Melbourne, and has an unusually intimate knowledge of the
country, the result of wide and observant travel.
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biographies of Peron and Decaen.
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Volume 1 pages 7 to 8, contains an account of the original objects and
scope of Baudin's expedition.
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Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South
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and the Terre Napoleon maps.
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Prints many of Banks's letters.
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MILBERT, M.J., Voyage pittoresque a l'Ile de France au cap de Bonne
Esperance et a l'ile de Teneriffe, 1800 a 1803, par M.J. Milbert, peintre
embarque sur la corvette Le Geographe, et directeur des gravures de la
partie historique du voyage aux Terres Australes. 2 volumes. Paris, 1812.
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