Where Fate Beckons
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Where Fate Beckons The Life Of Jean Fran Ois De La P Rouse
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Author : John Dunmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Where Fate Beckons The Life Of Jean Fran Ois De La P Rouse written by John Dunmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Explorers --france --biography categories.
Where Fate Beckons
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Author : John Dunmore
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-01-20
Where Fate Beckons written by John Dunmore and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
French explorer and naval officer Jean-Franois de la Prouse (1741 - 88) was, after James Cook, the greatest explorer of the Pacific in the eighteenth century. In 1785, La Perouse was commissioned by Louis XVI to head an expedition into the uncharted regions of the Pacific Ocean. Setting out from France, the expedition over the next three years was the first to map the coasts of California, Alaska, and Siberia. From there, La Prouse continued to Easter Island and Hawaii, where La Prouse Bay bears his name. After a stop in Botany Bay, Australia, La Prouse's two ships set out for the Solomon Islands. En route, they encountered a storm and were sunk; despite search efforts over the centuries, no trace of the wreckage of La Prouse's ships has been found. Where Fate Beckons tells the story of La Prouse's life and adventures, along the way providing a lively introduction to the world of French colonialism, the end of the Age of Exploration, and French society in the years leading to the French Revolution.
Naturalists At Sea
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Author : Glyn Williams
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Naturalists At Sea written by Glyn Williams and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Science categories.
DIVDIVTales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific/div/div
Navigating By The Southern Cross
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Author : Kenneth Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Navigating By The Southern Cross written by Kenneth Morgan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with History categories.
In this comprehensive study, Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European exploration and discovery in Australia. The book presents a detailed chronological overview of European interests in the Australian continent, from initial speculations about the 'Great Southern Land' to the major hydrographic expeditions of the 19th century. In particular, he analyses the early crossings of the Dutch in the 17th century, the exploits of English 'buccaneer adventurer' William Dampier, the famous voyages of James Cook and Matthew Flinders, and the little-known French annexation of Australia in 1772. Introducing new findings and drawing on the latest in historiographical research, this book situates developments in navigation, nautical astronomy and cartography within the broader contexts of imperial, colonial, and maritime history.
1789
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Author : David Andress
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2009-03-03
1789 written by David Andress and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-03 with History categories.
The world in 1789 stood on the edge of a unique transformation. At the end of an unprecedented century of progress, the fates of three nations—France; the nascent United States; and their common enemy, Britain—lay interlocked. France, a nation bankrupted by its support for the American Revolution, wrestled to seize the prize of citizenship from the ruins of the old order. Disaster loomed for the United States, too, as it struggled, in the face of crippling debt and inter-state rivalries, to forge the constitutional amendments that would become known as the Bill of Rights. Britain, a country humiliated by its defeat in America, recoiled from tales of imperial greed and the plunder of India as a king's madness threw the British constitution into turmoil. Radical changes were in the air. A year of revolution was crowned in two documents drafted at almost the same time: the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the American Bill of Rights. These texts gave the world a new political language and promised to foreshadow new revolutions, even in Britain. But as the French Revolution spiraled into chaos and slavery experienced a rebirth in America, it seemed that the budding code of individual rights would forever be matched by equally powerful systems of repression and control. David Andress reveals how these events unfolded and how the men who led them, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, and George Washington, stood at the threshold of the modern world. Andress shows how the struggles of this explosive year—from the inauguration of George Washington to the birth of the cotton trade in the American South; from the British Empire's war in India to the street battles of the French Revolution—would dominate the Old and New Worlds for the next two centuries.
The Routledge History Of Western Empires
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Author : Robert Aldrich
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-04
The Routledge History Of Western Empires written by Robert Aldrich and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-04 with History categories.
The Routledge History of Western Empires is an all new volume focusing on the history of Western Empires in a comparative and thematic perspective. Comprising of thirty-three original chapters arranged in eight thematic sections, the book explores European overseas expansion from the Age of Discovery to the Age of Decolonisation. Studies by both well-known historians and new scholars offer fresh, accessible perspectives on a multitude of themes ranging from colonialism in the Arctic to the scramble for the coral sea, from attitudes to the environment in the East Indies to plans for colonial settlement in Australasia. Chapters examine colonial attitudes towards poisonous animals and the history of colonial medicine, evangelisaton in Africa and Oceania, colonial recreation in the tropics and the tragedy of the slave trade. The Routledge History of Western Empires ranges over five centuries and crosses continents and oceans highlighting transnational and cross-cultural links in the imperial world and underscoring connections between colonial history and world history. Through lively and engaging case studies, contributors not only weigh in on historiographical debates on themes such as human rights, religion and empire, and the ‘taproots’ of imperialism, but also illustrate the various approaches to the writing of colonial history. A vital contribution to the field.
The Southern Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Southern Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
The Spider And The Fly
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Author : Charles Garvice
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-12-02
The Spider And The Fly written by Charles Garvice and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-02 with Fiction categories.
The Spider And The Fly Or An Undesired Love
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Author : Charles Garvice
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
The Spider And The Fly Or An Undesired Love written by Charles Garvice and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Fiction categories.
The Spider and the Fly is a story by Charles Garvice. In this vibrant old school romance we find a girl and her beloved horse on an adventure that culminates in an unsecure marriage.
Iberian Visions Of The Pacific Ocean 1507 1899
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Author : R. Buschmann
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Iberian Visions Of The Pacific Ocean 1507 1899 written by R. Buschmann and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with History categories.
In this work, Buschmann incorporates neglected Spanish visions into the European perceptions of the emerging Pacific world. The book argues that Spanish diplomats and intellectuals attempted to create an intellectual link between the Americas and the Pacific Ocean.