Description |
192 pages, xvi pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. An Unapproachable Land -- 2. Searching for Longitude -- 3. Challenging the Atlantic -- 4. Portugal Challenges Asia -- 5. Europe Finds the Pacific -- 6. The Unknown Southland -- 7. Carracks, Galleons and East Indiamen -- 8. The Dutch Arrive in Asia -- 9. The Discovery of Western Australia -- 10. Unveiling the Great Southland -- 11. Tragedy and Triumph in the Southland -- 12. Evolution of the Full-Rigged Warship -- 13. Britain Arrives in New Holland -- 14. The Longitude Problem Solved -- 15. The Discovery of New South Wales -- 16. The Race to Colonize the Pacific -- 17. Maritinie Science After the Enlightenment -- Appendix I. Hessel Gerritsz's map of the Pacific Ocean, 1622 -- Appendix II. Details of other rare maps --Appendix III. Movement of the centre of shipbuilding from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Coast of Northern Europe around 1500 -- Appendix IV. Movements of the centres of shipbuilding in Northern Europe between 1500 and 1900 |
Summary |
Explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline were conquered by ships that were at the cutting edge of technology for their time. Covers the period of antiquity until the First Fleet arrival in 1788, and highlights of the improvement of ship construction after the European Renaissance. Contains numerous maps and illustrations that highlight the maritime technology inherited by the British from the ships of Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and France who pioneered the ocean pathway to Australia |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 174-176 |
Subject |
Sailing ships -- History.
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Historic ships.
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Naval architecture -- History.
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Naval art and science -- History.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Genre/Form |
History.
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LC no. |
2006361282 |
ISBN |
1877058319 paperback |
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9781877058318 paperback |
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