Navigating by the Southern Cross
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-21454-5 (ISBN)
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.
Kenneth Morgan is Professor of History at Brunel University London, UK.
List of aAbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Terra Australis Incognita
2 Seventeenth-century Dutch Exploration
3 Tasman’s Voyages
4 From Tasman to Cook
5 Cook, the Endeavour and the East Coast
6 French Voyages to Terra Australis
7 English Voyages in the Age of Bligh and Vancouver
8 Flinders and the Investigator
9 Baudin’s Expedition
10 Phillip Parker King’s Australian Surveys
11 The Hydrographic Surveyors
Conclusion
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.02.2021 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-21454-X / 135021454X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-21454-5 / 9781350214545 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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