Title The navigators : Flinders vs Baudin : the race between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin to discover the fabled passage through the middle of Australia / Klaus Toft

Published Potts Point, N.S.W. : Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.02 Tof/Nfv		AVAILABLE

Description ix, 354 pages : map ; 20 cm regular print Summary Tale of the 1802 race between England and France to discover a strait running up the middle of Australia Notes "The great race between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the north-south passage through Australia"--Cover Bibliography Bibliography: pages 341-344 Includes bibliographical references Subject Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel. Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803. Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel -- Australia. Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel. Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel -- Australia. Discoveries in geography -- 19th century. Discoveries in geography. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863 -- 1788-1851 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- English Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 Genre/Form History. ISBN 1876631600 paperback

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