SBS - French Voyages: Discovery To Australia (2021)HDTV | 1920x1080 | .MKV/AVC @ 3562 Kbps | 43 min 14 s | 1.13 GiB
Audio: English MP2 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary Could Australia ever have been French? The English certainly thought so. Through revolution, empire and restoration, late 18th and early 19th century France maintained an unwavering commitment to research and discovery in the Pacific region and in Australia. More interested in science than in new colonies, these early French voyages, led by commanders like Bougainville, Lapérouse, D’Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, Duperrey and Dumont d’Urville, were the first to name, describe and beautifully illustrate many Australian species. England may have colonised Australia, but for many years it was France that understood it best.