Bruny d’Entrecasteaux : Voyage to Australia & the Pacific, 1791-1793

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux ; edited and translated by Edward Duyker and Maryse Duyker

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AUSTRALIANA Exploration Maritime
Account of D’Entrecasteaux’s expedition in search of La Perouse; first translation of D’Entrecasteaux,’s journal; early observations of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania – Recherche Bay, Esperance Bay, Port du Sud (Rocky Bay), van Dieman’s Land; [p.36-] huts, fires; [p.51] utensils exchanged; [p.121 -] includes description of camps, use of fire, diet; [p.140-] spears, peaceful character, diet – seafood, refusal of food, treatment of children, possibility of polygamy, fishing method, division of labour, visit to the Recherche, physical appearance and comportment, limited evidence of religion, uncorrupted moral character – no disposition to theft, no property; capacity to learn – use of axes, saws, fish-hooks, magnifying glass; gathering of vocabulary; movement and group size.
viii, 392, [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 360-376 #200223 First Edition. (name on prelim)
Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d’, 1737-1793 — Diaries. | Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d’, 1737-1793 — Journeys. | Recherche (Ship) | EspeĢrance (Ship) | Voyages and travels. | Race relations – Racism – Stereotyping. | Food. | Fishing. | Weapons – Spears. | Habitation – Camps. | Settlement and contacts – Explorers – European. | Food – Preparation – Cooking. | Social behaviour. | Subsistence and economy. | Australia — Description and travel. | Islands of the Pacific — Description and travel. | Tasmania (Tas) | Esperance map area (SE WA SI51-06) | Western Australia (WA)

Additional Information

AuthorBruny d'Entrecasteaux ; edited and translated by Edward Duyker and Maryse Duyker
Number of pages400
PublisherMiegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press
Year Published2001
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

Fine / Near Fine dw

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