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TESSIER, articles on "Les papiers du General Decaen," in La Nouvelle Revue, volumes 11 and 12 (1881).

THIBAUDEAU, A.C., Bonaparte and the Consulate, translated by G.K. Fortescu. London, 1908.

THIERS, Histoire du Consulat et de L'Empire. 20 volumes. Paris, 1845.

TRAILL, H.D., Life of Sir John Franklin. London, 1896.

TUCKEY, J.H., Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Phillip in the Years 1802, 1803 and 1804. London, 1805.

TURNBULL, JOHN, Voyage round the World in the Years 1800 to 1804, in which the Author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, Botany Bay, and Norfolk Island (pages 473 to 490). London, 1813.

TURNER, H.G., History of the Colony of Victoria. 2 volumes. London, 1904.

WALCKENAER, C.A., Le Monde maritime, ou tableau geographique et historique de l'archipel d'Orient, de la Polynisie, et de l'Australie. 2 volumes. Paris, 1819.

WALKER, JAMES BACKHOUSE, Early Tasmania. Hobart, 1902. Gives an account of the visit of Baudin's expedition to Tasmanian waters.

WALPOLE, SPENCER, Life of Lord John Russell. 2 volumes. London, 1891. See the reference to the alleged designs upon Australia of Napoleon III.

WARD, A.W., PROTHERO, E.W., and LEATHES, S. (Editors), Cambridge Modern History, volume 9, Cambridge, 1906, cap 23, by Professor Egerton; also chapter in Volume 11, by J.D. Rogers, on the Development of Australia.

WOODS, J.E.T., History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia. 2 volumes London, 1865.

INDEX.

Abercrombie, General, capture of Mauritius.

Aboriginals: Tasmanian. in Western Australia.

Ah Sam.

Amiens, Peace of.

Australasia, name coined by De Brosses.

Australia: causes of her peaceful progress. colonisation of. defence during Napoleonic wars. Flinders' completion of discovery of. geographical theories concerning. name of. first complete map of. effect of Napoleonic wars on history of. effect of suspicion of French designs. Lord John Russell claims "the whole" for the British. supposed plan of Napoleon III. the nursling of sea power.

Banks, Sir Joseph: friendship for Flinders. on Baudin's explorations. influence with Napoleon. endeavours to secure the liberation of Flinders. suggests the voyage of the Investigator. the friend of Australia.

Bass, George: his whale-boat voyage. his drawing of Bass Strait. his boat preserved at Sydney.

Bass Strait: discovered. Flinders' chart of. French charts. Captain Hamelin in.

Batman.

Baudin des Ardennes, Lt. Charles.

Baudin, Captain Nicolas: command of Le Geographe. scurvy on board. wretched condition of his crew. interview with Flinders in Encounter Bay. second interview. the missing of Port Phillip. official dissatisfaction with his work. unjustly blamed. responsibility for the nomenclature, his discoveries. at King Island. equipment of Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste. Humboldt's dislike of. early career. anecdote of. unpopularity of. feted before sailing. sails from Havre. seamanship. reaches Australia. negligent exploration. at Timor. the Virginia Incident. insanitary state of his ships. his obstinacy, storms encountered by his ships. enfeebled condition of his crew. reaches Port Jackson. blamed Peron. abandonment of Boullanger. view of Port Jackson. his frankness. hands over his papers and journals to Governor King. farewell letter. at King Island. his annoyance. denies that French settlement was intended. views on colonisation. sails for Kangaroo Island. singular temper. harsh conduct. second visit to Timor. northern Australian exploration. return to Mauritius. death of.

Bernier.

Bligh: Flinders' training under. his voyage with Cook. the Bounty mutiny.

Bougainville, Louis de: his voyage. a promoter of Baudin's expedition.

Bougainville, the Baron de, his voyage.

Boullanger: abandoned by Baudin. in the gulfs.

Brown, Robert, botanist, on the Investigator.

Canada.

Cape of Good Hope.

Carpentaria: supposed strait from gulf to Southern Australia. Napoleon's knowledge of. Flinders' exploration of.

Casuarina: purchase of the. See Freycinet.

Catastrophe, Cape.

Ceylon.

Convict colonisation: Napoleon's plans at Madagascar. the British at Port Jackson. Peron's view of. Baudin's view. Institute of France on. Napoleon's belief in.

Cook, James: his school of navigators. his influence. discovery of Port Jackson. La Perouse and. Napoleon and his voyages.

Cumberland H.M.S., see Flinders and Robbins.

Cuvier.

Dampier.

Dance, Commodore, his exploit off Polo Aor.

De Brosses: advocacy of French South Sea exploration. coins the word Australasia. history of Austral navigations.

Decaen, General: at Pondicherry. governor of the Isle of France. imprisonment of Flinders. early career and character. reasons for retaining Flinders' papers. Peron's report to, concerning British designs. surrender of Isle of France. British officers refuse to dine with. return to France. later career and death.

Decres.

Degerando.

Dentrecasteaux.

Dolphins as food.

Dumont-Durville.

Durham, Lord, report on Canada.

East India Company, fears as to Napoleon's designs on Australia.

Encounter Bay, meeting of Flinders and Baudin at.

Fame, ship.

Fleurieu.

Flinders, Matthew: in command of the Investigator. his thoroughness. methods as an explorer. training and early achievements. healthiness of his crew. their affection for him. meeting with Baudin in Encounter Bay. demands Baudin's passport. the chart of Bass Strait. second interview. Baudin's curiosity. examination, of Port Phillip. his misfortunes. his excuses for Peron. general indignation at his treatment. the French and his charts. his third log-book. refusal to dine with Decaen. released. interest in La Perouse. circumnavigation of Australia.

Forfait.

France: colonial possessions. effect of her European policy on colonies.

Franklin, Sir John.

Freycinet, Henri de.

Freycinet, Louis de: alleged observation of Port Phillip. his defence of his charts. his revised atlas. alleged use of Flinders' charts. command of the Casuarina. command of the Uranie and Physicienne. appropriation of the Dirk Haticks plate. suppression of Napoleon's name from Peron's text. expresses regret at the procrastination of his commander. explores the gulfs. a precarious situation. return to Europe. his charting work.

Geographe, Le, see Baudin.

Giants at Sharks Bay.

Gibbon.

Grant, commander of the Lady Nelson.

Greville, C.F.

Grimes, surveyor of Port Phillip.

Guiana.

Hamelin, Captain: commander of Le Naturaliste. report to French Government. his return to Europe. protection of the Dirk Haticks plate. separated from Le Geographe. in Westernport. enters Port Jackson. leaves and returns. sails for Europe. captured by British frigate. arrival at Havre.

Hobart, Lord.

Humboldt, projected voyage with Baudin's expedition.

India, the French in.

Institute of France: promotion of Baudin's expedition. committee of. instructions for voyage. report on voyage.

Investigator, see Flinders.

Isle of France, see Mauritius.

Java.

Josephine, Empress.

Jussieu.

Kangaroo Island: Flinders' discovery of. contrary winds at. naming of. French name for. Frenchman's Rock on. Freycinet's charting of. Baudin's second visit.

King Island: Baudin's missing of. French ships at. mistake as to. Acting Lieutenant Robbins at. hospitality of sealers at.

King, P.G.: governor of New South Wales. assists the French ships at Port Jackson. his suspicions. suggests founding a settlement at Port Phillip. peruses Baudin's papers. hears disturbing rumours. sends the Cumberland after Baudin. letter to Baudin. his objects. colonisation of Tasmania.

Lacepede.

Lady Nelson, H.M.S., see Murray and Grant.

La Perouse.

Laplace.

Linois, Admiral: his squadron in the Indian Ocean. sails to meet East India Company's fleet. engagement off Polo Aor. flight of the French. Napoleon's comments. his timidity.

Louisiana, sale of.

Lucas Island.

Madagascar, Napoleon's plan for colonising.

Malta.

Marion-Dufresne.

Maupertuis: his Petites Lettres. his influence. his ghost.

Mauritius: the French in. their precarious situation. Flinders' imprisonment at. blockaded and captured.

Melbourne.

Mexican enterprise of Napoleon III.

Milius, Captain, takes Le Geographe home.

Minerva, H.M.S.

Mollineux, Emmerie, his map.

Morand, the bank-note forger.

Murray, Lieutenant: discoverer of Port Phillip. his qualifications.

Napoleon: plan for colonising Madagascar. comments on Linois. retort to Decres. direction to "take Port Jackson". his name applied to coasts discovered by Baudin. the Flinders case. promotion of Decaen. motives in despatching Baudin's expedition. the proposition of the Institute. interest in geographical science. his character during the Consulate. kindness to Ah Sam. view of the lower races. receives Peron.

Napoleon III, supposed designs on Australia.

Naturaliste, Le, see Baudin.

Nelson.

New Caledonia.

New Hebrides.

Norfolk, H.M.S., explorations in.

Norfolk Island, Peron's report on.

Otto, L.G.

Paterson, Lieutenant-Colonel.

Peron, François: naturalist. narrative of the meeting in Encounter Bay. its unreliable character. historian of Baudin's expedition. zeal as a scientist. report on British designs in the Pacific. early career. appointed to Le Geographe. among Tasmanian aboriginals. account of a great storm. blames Baudin. opinion of British navigators. account of the Port Jackson settlement. view of savage man. account of the King Island incident. view of British polity. at Port Lincoln. at Sharks Bay. adventure with "giants". distressing experiences. harsh conduct of Baudin. chronicles Baudin's death. received by Napoleon. death of. scientific work of. on phosphorescence. a pupil of Cuvier.

Port Darwin.

Port Jackson: population and means of defence during Napoleonic wars. Admiral Linois's great chance. Napoleon's direction to "take Port Jackson". Baudin's entry. French camp at Neutral Bay. Peron's account of the settlement. Baudin's account.

Port Lincoln.

Port Phillip: discovery. navigation of. Freycinet's account of. Flinders in. the Rip of. French chart of. Grimes's survey. King suggests settlement at.

Proselite, H.M.S.

Quarterly Review: article of 1810. singular error of. article of.

Quiros.

Robbins, Acting-Lieutenant.

Rose, Dr. J. Holland: Life of Napoleon. view of Napoleon's designs.

Russell, Lord John: claim of "the whole" of Australia for the British. supposed plans of Napoleon III.

St. Vincent, Earl.

St. Vincent's Gulf: discovered. French name for. Freycinet's exploration of.

San Domingo.

Scurvy on the French exploring ships.

Shakespeare, the "new map" of Twelfth Night.

Sharks Bay.

Snow Harrington, sealing brig.

Spencer, Earl.

Spencer's Gulf: discovered. French name for. Freycinet's exploration of.

Swan River settlement.

Sydney, see Port Jackson.

Taillefer, surgeon on Le Geographe.

Talleyrand Bay.

Tasman.

Tasmania: circumnavigated. De Brosses' view of. Institute of France and. Baudin at. supposed French designs on. colonisation of.

Terre Napoleon: nature of the country. nomenclature of. charts of. true limits of the territory. names upon it.

Thibaudeau.

Thistle Island.

Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Trafalgar, battle of.

Vancouver, George.

Van Diemen's Land, see Tasmania.

Virginia, H.M.S.

Voltaire.

Westernport: and the French Port du Debut. Le Naturaliste at. projected settlement at.

West Indies.