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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fornasiero, F. J.
Other Authors: Monteath, Peter, West-Sooby, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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