The Great Race: The Race Between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia by David Hill

The Great Race: The Race Between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia

David Hill

400 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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On the afternoon of 8 April 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 uncharte...

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