The Papal Line of Demarcation
And its impact in the Eastern Hemisphere on the Political Division of Australia 1479-1829
by Leslie R Marchant

Drawing from primary and secondary historical sources, the author provides a detailed description of treaties, political arrangements and Papal Bulls. The author outlines the impact of events and interlopers relating to the political division of Australia and the Eastern Hemisphere, from the period of the Renaissance Popes until the emergence of the Holly Alliance and the political reorganisation of Europe and its overseas empires after the Napoleonic Wars.

French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast
By Leslie R Marchant

Of the different nations which explored and charted the western side of Australia and left their mark with geographic names such as the Dutch Cape Leeuwin, Napoleonic France made the most distinctive contribution. When Napoleon was rising to power, the Baudin expedition, the largest scientific expedition ever to leave Europe, was sent to complete the charting of the continent and scientifically describe its environment and its natural history contents. After the expedition returned to France, on the eve of Napoleon being crowned emperor, French cartographers produced new charts with geographical names which extended from Esperance in the south to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the north.

This volume focuses on the south-west corner of the state where Napoleonic France made a most distinctive impression. Modern explorers who follow in the wake of the French will not only find that they are traveling through a beautiful land now famous for its quality wines, but also will be journeying through French cultural history at the period of Napoleon.

The book is based on over 50 years research by the author, supplemented by information contained in articles written by the author for the new forthcoming edition of the French Dictionary of National Biography.

France Australe
By Leslie R Marchant

Based on the previously unused records of explorers and information gleaned by the author on his own expeditions, this book provides a definitive account of the French contribution to Australian discovery from the time of Vasco da Gama to the joint effort made by British and French explorers in the Age of Enlightenment.