| Description |
528 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Introduction - Finding Australia -- 2. The Captains -- 3. The Voyage Out -- 4. New Holland and Timor, April to November 1801 -- 5. Flinders and the Unknown Coast, December 1801 to May 1802 -- 6. Baudin in Tasmanian Waters, 1802 -- 7. Port Jackson Interlude, April to November 1802 -- 8. Flinders - Triumph and Tragedy, July 1802 to December 1803 -- 9. The Shadow of a Captain on a Ghost Ship, December 1802 to August 1803 -- 10. Nemesis - Isle de France: Death, Detention, Deliverance, 1803 to 1810 -- 11. Finale -- 12. Epilogue: Baudin and Flinders - Reputations -- App. A. Passports -- App. B. Shipwreck - Samuel Smith's Account of the Disaster at Wreck Reef -- App. C. A Day in the Life of Matthew Flinders, Prisoner -- App. D. Roll Call |
| Summary |
"Amid the Napoleonic Wars, France and Britain dispatched voyages of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and 'advance the limits of science'. Led by captains Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, they carried safe-conducts protecting them from the opposing navy in an increasingly bitter war. Between 1801 and 1803 Baudin and Flinders filled in most of the gaps on the map of Australia - what was then New Holland. The French scientists made invaluable observations of the life and customs of Tasmanian Aboriginals, while English naturalists Robert Brown laid the foundations of Australian botany. Although enormously successful in geographic and scientific terms, both voyages ended in personal disaster for their commanders."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-516) and index |
| Subject |
Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel.
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Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel.
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Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel -- Australia.
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Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel -- Australia.
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Discoveries in geography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579
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Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- English
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Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2007271860 |
| ISBN |
1920731466 : |
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