"This is the most revealing narrative so far written of Cook's astonishing voyage along the east coast of Australia. It also casts new light on the little-known voyage by Jean de Surville; Blainey argues that the Frenchman was in the vicinity of Sydney Harbour months before Cook arrived. Eventually Cook set out to explore the hazardous Barrier Reef and find a way through Torres Strait, while the Frenchman searched for a mysterious Jewish colony in the South Pacific."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.
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Contents
Towards the Land of the Long Canoes -- A Missing Continent -- A French Floating Bazaar -- Young Nick's Day -- The Sea of Surville -- Two Ships Went Sailing By -- Wild Musicians and Wilder Seas -- Where Are all the People? -- In Botany Bay -- Into the Coral Jaws -- A Seductive Moon -- In Cook's River-Camp -- Kangaru -- A Happy Puff of Wind -- The Guns of Mournin -- Deadly Cloud over Java -- Is there War in Europe? -- Two Voyages and their Ripples -- Postscript: Who was the Discoverer?