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Epigraph in Fingerprints on Light: On 1 August 1785 two French frigates, the Boussole and the Astrolabe, set out from Brest on a voyage of discovery in the Pacific. The expedition was led by Jean-Francois Galaup, Comte de Laperouse. At Maouna Island in December 1787, twelve of his men were massacred by natives. Scurvy was rife.
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(The expedition ended in shipwreck sometime in 1788. Neither ships nor men ever came back.)
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"Emerald silver sapphire the spectra of paradise",
1990
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— Appears in: Fingerprints on Light 1990; (p. 46-47) -
Eleonore de Laperouse
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"So, Dear Jean, I have embarked",
1990
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— Appears in: Fingerprints on Light 1990; (p. 47-48) -
Jean Francois de Laperouse
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"Three days becalmed beside this rock, Pylstaart.",
1990
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— Appears in: Fingerprints on Light 1990; (p. 47) -
Laperouse
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"A wind at last! South-west through heavy seas",
1990
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poetry
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Eora Tribe
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"Swaying tall they come",
1990
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Arthur Phillip and Henry Ball
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"Lieutenant Henry Ball reporting, Sir.",
1990
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Thomas Bryant (Convict)
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"Southward off Cape Solander",
1990
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— Appears in: Fingerprints on Light 1990; (p. 50) -
Laperouse
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"Imagine our impatience, Eleonore;",
1990
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Philip Gidley King (Diary): February 1st, 1788
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"2 in ye morning sett off in a Cutter for Botany Bay",
1990
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Father Joseph Receveur
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"I shall lie here in the sun, watching the men:",
1990
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Laperouse
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"Am much cast down today, Eleonore:",
1990
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Thomas Bryant
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"December 5th the news got out:",
1990
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Eora Tribe
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"Shaking their wings like this like this",
1990
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Fingerprints on Light 1990; (p. 55)
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Last amended 12 Apr 2010 15:55:41
Subjects:
- Bush,
- Pacific Region,
- Coast,
Settings:
- 1780s
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