Awards

• Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2007
• Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2007.
• Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2007
• Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2007.

Overview

"""Voyages to the South Seas"" is an epic narrative encompassing a remarkable period of French and Australian history - when Australia was France's Mars and marsupials were her aliens. Tracing the often tragic voyages of Bougainville, Laperouse, D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, d'Urville and others to Australia from 1768-1828, ""Voyages to the South Seas"" documents the changing society that launched these ambitious endeavours and the scientific discoveries they brought back. Australia may have been colonised by England but for many years, by sheer weight of specimens and scientific documentation, Australia's biodiversity belonged to France. ""Voyages to the South Seas"" is the story of noble men impoverished by their passion and nobodies who made their names through physical courage and intellectual achievement. It is the story of the young men who risked their lives for adventure and excitement but above all, in the pursuit of scientific knowledge."

Full Product Details

9780522852646

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Dr Danielle Clode is a science writer fascinated by scientific history. Her love of the Australian landscape, and exploration, was born from a childhood spent sailing along the east coast with her parents on a gaff-rigged yawl. Her previous books include Killers in Eden (Allen & Unwin 2001 now a ABC TV documentary). Danielle's environmental history, As if for a Thousand Years (VEAC) is due in July 2006 while Continent of Curiosities: A voyage through Australian Natural History (CUP) is due in September 2006. Danielle researched Voyages to the Great South Land while a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria. She has previously been the Thomas Ramsay Science and Humanities Fellow at Museum Victoria and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford where she completed her DPhil in zoology.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available