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French botany in the Enlightenment : the ill-fated voyages of La Perouse and his rescuers / The ill-fated voyages of La Perouse and his rescuers. by Roger L. Williams. - 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Archives internationales d'histoire des idees ; vol. 182. International archives of the history of ideas ; vol. 182. . - Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; vol. 182. .

ISBN: 1402011091

Subjects--Personal Names:
Laperouse, Jean Francois de Galup de, comte de, 1741-1788.
Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d', 1737-1793.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botany--History.--Oceania
Botany--History.--France
Plant collectors--History.--France
Voyages around the world.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.