Why did Britain send convicts to found a colony in the South Pacific? Why did Spain send an expedition to investigate the new colony? In March 1793, two Spanish corvettes lay at anchor off Sydney Cove, on the final stage of a fact-finding mission to Spain's far-flung Pacific dominions, a mission rivalling that of James Cook. In this book, Malaspina's secret report on the fledgling English colony is presented in English for the first time, with an introduction describing the world of international politics in which Spain, France and Holland jockey for advantage to retain their colonies in the face of competition from an England impudently spreading itself across the globe - even planting an outpost on the Pacific coast, Spain's territory since time immemorial. This book is intended for students and researchers in history and Australian/Pacific history.
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 180 mm
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978-0-04-610020-9 (9780046100209)
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Part 1 The background: a strategic base in the Pacific Spanish dominion in the Pacific; Reasons for the settlement of New South Wales; The development of Britain's need for a base in the Pacific, 1740-1786; The involvement of Phillip and Sydney in the South; American expeditions, 1780-1783; The Netherlands crisis and the Botany Bay expedition; Laprouse at Botany Bay; The Nootka Sound crisis; The French Revolutionary War and the visit of the Baudin expedition, 1793-1803; The British invasions of La Plata, 1806 and 1807; Malaspina's return to Spain - triumph and downfall; New South Wales in 1793 - the condition of the British settlement; "Los Abitantes ..." - the Aboriginal peoples of Botany Bay and Port Jackson. Part 2 The Spanish texts: A political examination of the English colonies in the Pacific; Notes gathered at Port Jackson; Loose notes on the English colony of Port Jackson; Observations on the soil, natives and plants of Port Jackson and Botany Bay.
