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Voyages of Discovery - Prof Rob Iliffe

Voyages of Discovery - Prof Rob Iliffe

Professor Rob Iliffe, University of Oxford 

Professor Rob Iliffe, University of Oxford

The successive voyages of Cook, Lapérouse, Malaspina, Vancouver, von Humboldt, Baudin and Flinders are usually classified under the general heading ‘Voyages of Discovery’, a phrase that captures the scientific outcomes of these well-funded expeditions.

This talk considers the explicitly political functions of these voyages.

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