Voyages To The South Seas In Search Of Terres Australes Danielle Clode by Danielle Clode 9781922730121, 1922730122 instant download after payment.

Winner of the Victorian Premier's Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction

First published in 2007 by The Miegunyah Press

This edition published in 2021 by Ligature Pty Limited

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Voyages to the South Seas brings to life the courageous & often tragic voyages of Australia’s French explorers – Bougainville, Lapérouse, D’Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, d’Urville & others.

This is the story of noble men impoverished by their passion, & unknowns who made their names through physical courage & intellectual achievement. It is the story of the young men who risked their lives for adventure & excitement but, above all, in the pursuit of scientific knowledge.

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Voyages to the South Seas is an exhilarating expedition through a key period in the European exploration of the Pacific & in the history of science.

While British soldiers & settlers colonised Australia, French scientists continued to explore its coastlines & study its strange flora & fauna.

Lapérouse & Labillardière, Baudin & Bougainville & others left their own, lighter marks on the country in the name of human knowledge.

This is their story—deeply researched & richly imagined by zoologist & award-winning science writer Danielle Clode.

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Danielle Clode is a biologist & an award-winning author. Her books include Killers in Eden, Voyage to the South Seas, & The Wasp & the Orchid, which was shortlisted for Australia’s National Biography Award. Clode's work includes essays, natural history writing, science-writing, historical fiction, & best-selling children's books. Her books have won the Whitley Award for popular zoology & have been shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia awards. Her 2010 examination of Australia's complex relationship with fire, A Future In Flames, is also in the Untapped Collection. She lives in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

https://danielleclode.com.au