{"product_id":"navigators-naturalists-by-michael-lee-9781869539658","title":"Navigators \u0026 Naturalists","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs historian James Belich put it: \u003cem\u003eThere is little doubt that Cook has been emphasised to the unfair exclusion of the massive French contribution to European knowledge of New Zealand.\u003c\/em\u003e This book seeks to redress this balance, drawing in the main on primary sources (both here and in France, and including primary research from original French documents never before translated into English) and scholarship from key researchers in this field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as fascinating descriptions of what the French saw when they travelled around NZ's coast, Lee focuses on the key characters of this age of French exploration (names such as de Surville, du Fresne, La Perouse, D'Entrecasteaux, Duperrey, Freycinet, D'Urville and Lesson), their relationships with Maori and the desire of France to complete with the British in the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47905985265900,"sku":"9781869539658","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/navigators-naturalists-by-michael-lee-9781869539658","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}