Read The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia

The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia

Klaus Toft

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Description:In 1800 it is widely rumoured that a strait separates the two halves of Australia. Napoleon Bonaparte, disturbed by the successful British colony at Sydney, sends famed explorer Nicolas Baudin and two ships to chart the strait, with a view to claiming the western part of the continent for France. In response, the British send the young and ambitious Matthew Flinders in pursuit in a leaky ship.This is the exciting story of the race between the two men to discover the fabled strait, in the process completing the charting of the entire Australian coastline. It is a tale of exploration, super-powers at war, and of the huge collection of plants and animals brought back by Baudin's expedition, which enabled Josephine Bonaparte to create her Australian garden, Malmaison, near Paris. It is a story of lies and betrayal ending with the imprisonment of one captain and the death of the other.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia. To get started finding The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 333

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Duffy & Snellgrove

Release: 2002

ISBN: 1876631600

Description: In 1800 it is widely rumoured that a strait separates the two halves of Australia. Napoleon Bonaparte, disturbed by the successful British colony at Sydney, sends famed explorer Nicolas Baudin and two ships to chart the strait, with a view to claiming the western part of the continent for France. In response, the British send the young and ambitious Matthew Flinders in pursuit in a leaky ship.This is the exciting story of the race between the two men to discover the fabled strait, in the process completing the charting of the entire Australian coastline. It is a tale of exploration, super-powers at war, and of the huge collection of plants and animals brought back by Baudin's expedition, which enabled Josephine Bonaparte to create her Australian garden, Malmaison, near Paris. It is a story of lies and betrayal ending with the imprisonment of one captain and the death of the other.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia. To get started finding The Navigators: The Great Race Between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage Through Australia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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