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_aHill, David, _d1947- _eauthor. _945677 |
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_aThe great race : _bthe race between the English and the French to complete the map of Australia / _cDavid Hill. |
| 250 | _aPaperback edition. | ||
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_aLondon : _bAbacus, _c2015. |
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_a386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; _c20 cm. |
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_atext _2rdacontent. |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia. |
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| 500 | _aFirst published in Australia in 2012 by William Heinemann. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | _aAUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY: C 1750 TO C 1900. AUSTRALIAN. On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter. Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicolas Baudin had been sent by their governments on the same quest: to explore the uncharted coast of the great south land and find out whether the west and east coasts, four thousand kilometres apart, were part of the same island. And so began the race to compile the definitive map of Australia. These men's journeys were the culmination of two hundred years of exploration of the region by the Dutch - most famously Abel Tasman - the Portuguese, the Spanish and by Englishmen such as the colourful pirate William Dampier and, of course, James Cook. The three-year voyages of Baudin and Flinders would see them endure terrible hardships in the spirit of discovery. | ||
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_aFlinders, Matthew, _d1774-1814. _910717 |
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_aCartography _zAustralia _xHistory _y19th century. _945679 |
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