Title Encountering Terra Australis : the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders / Jean Fornasiero, Peter Monteath and John West-Sooby

Published Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2004

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MELB	994.02 Flinde For/Eta		AVAILABLE

Description xii., 411 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm regular print Summary 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 Analysis Mapping Coasts Sea travel History, 1801-1900 Exploration Flinders, Matthew Baudin, Nicolas Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australia) Maritime history Voyages & shipwrecks Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-391) and index Subject Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel. Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel. Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel -- Australia. Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Travel -- Australia. Explorers -- France. Explorers -- Great Britain. Discoveries in geography. Explorers -- France -- Biography. Explorers -- Australia -- Biography. Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Explorers -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- English Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Monteath, Peter. West-Sooby, John. Wakefield Press. LC no. 2005362255 ISBN 1862546258 hardback

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