What If Histories of Australia - Colonial Settlement: France vs Britain

Cormick, Craig
What If Histories of Australia - Colonial Settlement: France vs Britain

What If Histories of Australia - Colonial Settlement: France vs Britain

Cormick, Craig

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An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken.

The What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book then looks at possible paths of different settlements that history could have taken.

What if Captain Cook's ship had sunk when it hit the Great Barrier Reef in 1770? And what if he never got back to England with his charts and claim on the land? What if the French settled Australia first, and eventually both King Louis 16th and Napoleon ended up in exile here, fighting over who was the rightful ruler in exile? This What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways.

Author:   Cormick, Craig
Publisher:   Big Sky Publishing
ISBN:  

9781922615763


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   04 May 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
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An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken.

The What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book then looks at possible paths of different settlements that history could have taken.

What if Captain Cook's ship had sunk when it hit the Great Barrier Reef in 1770? And what if he never got back to England with his charts and claim on the land? What if the French settled Australia first, and eventually both King Louis 16th and Napoleon ended up in exile here, fighting over who was the rightful ruler in exile? This What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways.

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Author:   Cormick, Craig
Publisher:   Big Sky Publishing
ISBN:  

9781922615763


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   04 May 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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