Cover art for Beating France to Botany Bay: The Race to Found Australia
Published
Quadrant Press, December 2021
ISBN
9780648996125
Format
Hardcover

Beating France to Botany Bay: The Race to Found Australia

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This book rewrites the history of the founding of modern Australia. It tells how the French had a jump start in the race for a Pacific empire, but English officials then launched their own pursuit around the globe. The contestants finally met in Botany Bay, with the French just five days too late. Behind the scenes, American explorers, spies and a future US President made contributions that assisted the winners and prevented the continent becoming a French possession.

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