French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-fated Voyages of La P�rouse and His Rescuers / Edition 1

French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-fated Voyages of La P�rouse and His Rescuers / Edition 1

by R.L. Williams
ISBN-10:
1402011091
ISBN-13:
9781402011092
Pub. Date:
03/31/2003
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10:
1402011091
ISBN-13:
9781402011092
Pub. Date:
03/31/2003
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-fated Voyages of La P�rouse and His Rescuers / Edition 1

French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-fated Voyages of La P�rouse and His Rescuers / Edition 1

by R.L. Williams
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Overview

Royal Instructions for Scientific Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The French Gardener Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Voyage of La Perouse: Part 1, From Brest to Monterey Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Part 2, From Monterey Bay to Botany Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Adventures and Misadventures: The Bizarre Story of the Dupetit-Th9uars Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 1, Genesis and Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Part 2, From Brest to Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Part 3, New Caledonia to Ambon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Part 4, Esperance Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Part 5, Tasmania Revisisted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Part 6, On to New Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Part 7, Its Woeful End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Internment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 From Explorer to Closet Botanist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 General Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Plant Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Introduction-I INTRODUCTION he title of this book is meant to signal at the outset its confines, both its T inclusions and what is beyond its scope. This volume does not stand alone, neither in splendid nor terrifying isolation, but as the third volume in a trilogy meant to be a commentary on the botanophilia that captured the literate public in 18th-century France, the very time that botany was becoming established as a science independent from medicine and herbal ism. Even though the components of that phenomenon have been examined individually by earlier scholars, a synthesis of them, founded upon a reliable command of the history of botany, has been wanting.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781402011092
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 03/31/2003
Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des id�es , #182
Edition description: 2003
Pages: 249
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Royal Instructions for Scientific Exploration.- The French Gardener Overseas.- The Voyage of La Pérouse: Part 1, From Brest to Monterey Bay.- The Voyage of La Pérouse: Part 2, From Monterey Bay to Botany Bay.- Adventures and Misadventures: The Bizarre Story of the Dupetit-Thouars Brothers.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 1, Genesis and Preparation.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 2, From Brest to Tasmania.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 3, New Caledonia to Ambon.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 4, Esperance Bay.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 5, Tasmania Revisisted.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 6, On to New Caledonia.- The Voyage of Entrecasteaux: Part 7, Its Woeful End.- Internment.- From Explorer to Closet Botanist.- Epilogue.- General Index.- Plant Index.
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