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The Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840 - Couverture souple

Moorehead, Alan

 
9780141390291: The Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0141390298 ISBN 13 : 9780141390291
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

When Captain Cook made his landfall on Tahiti in 1769, the population was around 40,000 people; half-a-century later, the figure was down to nine thousand. When Captain Phillip's first fleet of eleven ships carrying about eight hundred convicts sailed into Botany Bay in 1788 the aborigines were virtually the only human beings on the Australian continent; today they have been reduced to around 250,000 in a population of over 18 million. When Cook discovered South Georgia, he was amazed by the wealth of bird and marine life; in the ensuing fifty years the killing of whales and seals reached such a pitch that there was virtually nothing left to kill. Ironically, in each case, it was the humane Captain Cook who was to cause the fatal impact.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alan Moorehead was born in Australia. He was a brilliant war reporter in the North African campaign in WW2. His other books include GALLIPOLI, THE WHITE NILE and THE BLUE NILE.

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141390298
ISBN 13 
9780141390291
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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