Author(s): Edward Duyker

Tasmaniana

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere was one of the great traveller naturalists of the 18th century. Edward Duyker revisited many of the naturalist's landfalls around the world. He also examined a wide range of archival and museum collections to piece together Labillardiere's correspondence and observations. The result is the first comprehensive study of the naturalist, revealing a committed republican who was shaped by the turbulent years of revolutionary and Napoleonic France.