Encountering Terra Australis : the Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders.

Encountering Terra Australis traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fornasiero, F. J.
Otros Autores: Monteath, Peter, West-Sooby, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Flinders, Matthew, > 1774-1814 > Travel > Australia.
Baudin, Nicolas, > 1754-1803 > Travel > Australia.
Baudin, Nicolas, > 1754-1803
Flinders, Matthew, > 1774-1814
Explorers > Australia.
Explorateurs > Australie.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Travel
Australia > Discovery and exploration.
Australie > Découverte et exploration.
Australia
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Authors' Note
  • Introduction
  • PART 1 VOYAGES
  • 1 The Journey Out
  • 2 Charting the Western Coast
  • 3 Surveying the South-West
  • 4 Colonial Prospecting in Van Diemen's Land
  • 5 Defining Boundaries
  • 6 Crossed Paths in the Southern Ocean
  • 7 False Discoveries
  • 8 Pushing the Boundaries
  • 9 The Encounters of Port Jackson
  • 10 The Politics of Exploration and Discovery
  • 11 Unfinished Business
  • 12 At the End of His Tether
  • 13 The Journey Back
  • PART 2 LEGACIES
  • 14 Reputations
  • 15 Shaping Australia.
  • 16 The Artistic Record
  • 17 The Scientific Project
  • 18 The Clash of Cultures
  • Conclusions
  • List of Illustrations and Maps
  • Select Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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