An evening with Mike Lee, Author of “Navigator’s and Naturalists. French Exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas (1769 – 1824)
Tauranga City Library 91 Willow Street, Tauranga, New ZealandFriday 26th April, Tauranga City Library, 91 Willow Street, Tauranga 7.00pm-8.00pm Michael (Mike) Lee first came across the journals of Dumont d'Urville's 1827 Astrolabe voyage in 1996 when writing his thesis for a University of Auckland Master of Science degree in Biological Sciences. This sparked his interest in the largely unappreciated role of French navigators
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