Navigating by the Southern Cross : the European discovery of Australia / Kenneth Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Kenneth, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Australia--History.

Explorers.

Explorers--Europe--History.

Navigation--Australia--History.

Navigation.

Nautical astronomy--History.

Nautical astronomy.

Cartography--Australia--History.

Cartography.

Australia--Discovery and exploration.

Australia.

Australia--History--To 1788.

Australia--History--1788-1851.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Other Title:

History of the European discovery and exploration of Australia

Place of Publication:

London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781350154803

1350154806

9781350154797

1350154792

9781350154780

1350154784

OCLC:

1238134180