Bibliograph

Navigating by the Southern Cross, the European discovery of Australia, Kenneth Morgan

Type

Label

Navigating by the Southern Cross, the European discovery of Australia, Kenneth Morgan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Navigating by the Southern Cross

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographystandards specifications

Oclc number

1193559148

Responsibility statement

Kenneth Morgan

Series statement

Bloomsbury eBooks.

Sub title

the European discovery of Australia

Summary

"In this comprehensive new study, leading historian Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European exploration and discovery in Australia. Introducing new findings and drawing on the latest in historiographical research, this book situates developments in navigation, nautical astronomy and cartography within the broader contexts of imperial, colonial and maritime history"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Terra Australis Incognita -- Seventeenth-century Dutch Exploration -- Tasman's Voyages -- From Tasman to Cook -- Cook, the Endeavour and the East Coast -- French Voyages to Terra Australis -- English Voyages in the Age of Bligh and Vancouver -- Flinders and the Investigator -- Baudin's Expedition -- Phillip Parker King's Australian Surveys -- The Hydrographic Surveyors

Target audience

adolescentspecialized

resource.variantTitle

History of the European discovery and exploration of Australia

Creator