Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia

Nicole Starbuck

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Nicole Starbuck, The University of Adelaide

Publisher:: Pickering & Chatto
Online publication date:: December 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781848932111

Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin’s scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition’s stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte. Aspects examined include Baudin’s leadership skills, life on board the ship, colonial encounters with Aborigines and the nature of Anglo-French rivalry during the period. While previous histories have viewed Baudin’s time in Sydney as little more than an opportunity for the French to recuperate after their journey, Starbuck presents it as a pivotal moment in French history, intellectual thought and imperialism.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

CONTENTS
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

List of Figures
pp xi-xii

Introduction: Voyaging out of the Enlightenment
pp 1-10

1 - Between Revolution and Empire: France and its Australian Voyage in 1800
pp 11-24

2 - ‘I Should Wish … to Establish a Few Tents on Shore’: The Port Jackson Stay
pp 25-44

3 - Disciplining Passions: French Naval-Voyagers at Anchor
pp 45-64

4 - The French and the British: A Diplomatic Relationship
pp 65-80

5 - Liberty, Equality and ‘Civilization’: Observations of Colonial Aborigines
pp 81-100

6 - Swans, Frogs and Rum: Natural History in an ‘Unnatural’ Space
pp 101-124

7 - Baudin's ‘New Expedition’
pp 125-136

8 - Epilogue: Voyaging into the Nineteenth Century
pp 137-142

Notes
pp 143-174

Works Cited
pp 175-182

Index
pp 183-193

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