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An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer 1724-1772 Paperback - 1994
by Edward Duyker
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- Title An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer 1724-1772
- Author Edward Duyker
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 229
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Melbourne University, Melbourne
- Date 1994
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780522845655 / 0522845657
- Library of Congress subjects Explorers - France - Biography, Oceania - Discovery and exploration - French
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94166017
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Officer Of The Blue, An: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer, 1724-1772
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Melbourne University Press, 1994 First Edition. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE!. AUSTRALIANA MARITIME EXPLORATION Hardcover First Edition FINEFrench explorer Marion Dufresne was the man who reached Tasmania before the English. His expedition was the first to encounter the Tasmanian Aborigines and was a precursor of the great voyages of La Perouse, d'Entrecasteaux, Baudin and d'Urville.To Australian and New Zealand readers this elegant biography will be, as Frank Horner writes, 'a reminder, or a revelation of the international context in which the English explorations of their homelands took place'. The eighteenth-century conflict between Britain and France is mirrored in Marion Dufresne's life.The parallels with Cook are striking. Like his English contemporary, Marion was a brilliant mariner who proved his skills in merchant shipping before joining his nation's Royal Navy. Like Cook he was involved in scientific efforts to observe the Transit of Venus and sought the Southland in uncharted waters.…
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Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1994 The dust jacket has light wear. The title page is inscribed. The edges of the book have minor foxing. 229 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
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