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- 1772 (Creation)
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Photographs and copies of documents held in Archives Nationales, France
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne (1724-1772), mariner, was baptized on 22 May 1724 at St Malo, Brittany, France, youngest of eight children of Julien Marion Dufresne (1681-1739), a wealthy shipowner and merchant, and his wife Marie Seraphique, née Le Fer de ... »
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Scope and content
Extracts of the officers' logs of the French naval vessel Mascarin's voyage of exploration led by Captain Nicholas Marion Du Fresne -Tasmanian part of voyage to Australia and New Zealand under Marion-Dufresne, March 1772.
'Journal du voyage fait sur le ... »
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Conditions governing reproduction
This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »
Existence and location of originals
Held in Archives Nationales, France
Publication note
The Discovery of Tasmania : journal extracts from the expeditions of Abel Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne 1642 & 1772 / edited by Edward Duyker ; translated by Edward, Herman and Maryse Duyker | 1992
Morris Miller book DU 98 .T27 1992
http://encore.lib.utas.edu.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1243812
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2017