France Australe: A Study of French Explorations and Attempts to Found a Penal Colony and Strategic Base in South Western Australia, 1503-1826

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Artlook Books, 1982 - History - 384 pages
Detailed account of all French expeditions to W.A. based on contemporary accounts and documents; includes numerous references to contact with Aborigines with reproductions of many sketches and paintings of Aboriginal camps and activities.

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France and the early search for a route to the Indies
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The Mongol Golden Horde and Europe in the thirteenth century map
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The location of seaports in early modern France map
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