Download or read book Encountering Terra Australis written by Jean Fornasiero and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encountering Terra Australis traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Unusually, the book takes its lead from the voyages of Baudin, rather than Flinders. Furthermore the authors have sourced original accounts including material which has never before been available in English. Extensively illustrated in colour and black and white.