Voyages To The South Seas. In Search Of Terres Australes

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 315 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Recounting the epic and often tragic journeys of French explorers—Bougainville, Lapérouse, DEntrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, dUrville, and others—to Australia, this account encompasses a remarkable period of French and Australian history, when for many years, by sheer weight of specimens and scientific documentation, Australias biodiversity belonged to France. The changing society that launched these ambitious voyages is brought to life in a story of noble men impoverished by their passion, nobodies who made their names through physical courage and intellectual achievement, and young men who risked their lives for adventure, excitement, and above all, the pursuit of scientific knowledge.

ISBN: 9780522852646