Bruny d'Entrecasteaux : voyage to Australia & the Pacific, 1791-1793 / edited and translated by Edward Duyker and Maryse Duyker
- Bib ID:
- 2399364
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d', 1737-1793
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001
- viii, 392, [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522849326
- Series:
- Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 36.
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliography: p. 360-376.
- Subject:
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- Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d', 1737-1793 -- Diaries
- Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d', 1737-1793 -- Journeys
- Recherche (Ship)
- Espérance (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)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791-1793.
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2001
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