The Great Race: The Race Between The English And The French To Complete The Map Of Australia

The Great Race: The Race Between The English And The French To Complete The Map Of Australia

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The thrilling race between Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of AustraliaOn the afternoon of April 8, 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, almost 2,500 miles 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 200 years of exploration of the region by the Dutch (most famously Abel Tasman), the Portuguese, the Spanish, and by Englishmen such as the colorful pirate William Dampier and, of course, James Cook. The threeyear voyages of Baudin and Flinders would see them endure terrible hardships in the spirit of discovery. They suffered scurvy and heat exhaustion, and Flinders was shipwrecked and imprisonedalways knowing he was competing with the French to produce the first map of this mysterious continent. Written from diaries and other firsthand accounts, this is the thrilling story of men whose drawings recorded countless previously unknown species and turned mythical creatures into real ones, and whose skill and determination enabled Terra Australis Incognita to become Australia.

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