Encountering Terra Australis: The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders

by Jean Fornasiero, Peter Monteath, John West-Sooby

Overview

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. Unusually, the book takes its lead from the voyages of Baudin, rather than Flinders, providing a rather different interpretation than those presently circulating. Furthermore the authors have worked using their own totally fresh translation of Baudin's journals, sourcing original accounts including material which has never before been available in English.

Extensively illustrated in black and white.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781743055052
Publisher:	Wakefield Press, WA
Publication date:	08/07/2017
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Jean Fornasiero is a senior lecturer in French studies at the University of Adelaide. Peter Monteath is the head of the history department at Flinders University, where he teaches European history. He is the author of Sailing with Flinders. John West-Sooby is the head of the Centre for European Studies and General Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, where he lectures in French studies.