"978-2-503-53260-8" . "The colonial machine. French science and overseas expansion in the old regime"@fr . "Turnhout (BEL) : Brepols" . "The colonial machine. French science and overseas expansion in the old regime"@eng . . . . "694"^^ . "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng" . "Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I - The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Acade\u0301mie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botancial gardens / The observatoire royal / The Acade\u0301mie royale de marine at Brest / The socie\u0301te\u0301 royale de me\u0301decine / The Acade\u0301mie royale de chirurgie"@fr . . . . . . . "/278312" . . "2012" . "Brepols" . . "2012" . . . "694"^^ . "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng" . . "694" . . "Turnhout (BEL)" . . . . "info:eu-repo/semantics/book" . "978-2-503-53260-8" . "Histoire maritime,Colonies fran\u00E7aises,Histoire des sciences,Explorations,Soci\u00E9t\u00E9s savantes, acad\u00E9mies,XVIIIe si\u00E8cle (1715-1789)" . . "The colonial machine. French science and overseas expansion in the old regime"@eng . "694" . . "Brepols" . . "Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I - The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Acade\u0301mie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botancial gardens / The observatoire royal / The Acade\u0301mie royale de marine at Brest / The socie\u0301te\u0301 royale de me\u0301decine / The Acade\u0301mie royale de chirurgie" .