Encountering Terra Australis
The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders
$45.20
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2017
Summary
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 includin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781743055052 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1743055056 |
| Author: | Jean Fornasiero, Peter Monteath, John West-Sooby |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 734g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 235mm x 238mm |
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About The Author
Jean Fornasiero
Jean Fornasiero is Emeritus Professor of French Studies at the University of Adelaide and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Peter Monteath, a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, teaches History in the School of International Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. His recent books include POW: Australian prisoners of war in Hitler’s Reich, Red Professor: The Cold War life of Fred Rose (with Valerie Munt), Interned: Torrens Island 1914-1915 (with Mandy Paul and Rebecca Martin), and the edited collection Germans: Travellers, settlers and their descendants in South Australia.
John West-Sooby is Professor of French Studies at the University of Adelaide.
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