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 Winner, 2005 Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize ‘Encountering Terra Australis was a strong winner with an ideal match of content to style.’ (from the judges’ comments) |
Encountering Terra Australis The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders HB 456 PP 230 x 168 32 PP IN FULL COL 1862546258 $49.95 History / Exploration EAN 9781862546257 Wakefield Press 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 colour and black and white. Jean Fornasiero teaches French in the Centre for European Studies at Adelaide University, John West-Sooby is head of the centre and Peter Monteath is head of history at Flinders University. Also available: |
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‘more than just a highly readable study (with great illustrations) of the lives and achievements of the two explorers. It also provides fascinating portraits of the early life of the colony and recounts their exploits in the context of events [in Europe] . . .’ – Stephen Carroll, Age ‘[Encountering Terra Australis] is also simply a joy to handle and browse, containing a dazzling breadth of colour and black-and-white reproductions . . . also very easy to read and surprisingly inexpensive, making it indispensable to anyone remotely interested in the history of this continent.’ – Adelaide Review |
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