The Explorers Of Australia And Their Life Work - Couverture rigide

Favenc, Ernest

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1161462740 ISBN 13 : 9781161462746

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Explorers of Australia and Their Life Work by Ernest Favenc is a comprehensive account of the exploration of Australia by European explorers. The book provides a detailed and engaging narrative of the journeys of explorers such as Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, and Charles Sturt, among others. It covers the period from the early days of European settlement in Australia to the 19th century, when much of the interior of the continent was still unexplored.The book not only describes the explorers' journeys and discoveries but also delves into their personal lives and motivations. Favenc explores the challenges they faced, including hostile terrain, harsh weather conditions, and encounters with indigenous peoples. He also examines the impact of exploration on Australia's history, culture, and identity.The Explorers of Australia and Their Life Work is a well-researched and insightful book that provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of Australia's exploration. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Australian history, geography, or exploration.Rumours of a mysterious river called the Kindur, which was said, on no better authority than a runaway convict's, to pursue a north-west course through Australia, now began to be noised about. This convict, whose name was Clarke, but who was generally known as the Barber, said that he had taken to the bush in the neighbourhood of the Liverpool Plains, and had followed down a river which the natives called the Gnamoi. He crossed it and came next to the Kindur. This he followed down for four hundred miles before he came upon the junction of the two.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In presenting to the public this history of those makers of Australasia whose work consisted in the exploration of the surface of the continent of A ustralia, I have much pleasure in drawing the readers attention to the portraits which illustrate the text. It is, I venture to say, the most complete collection of portraits of the explorers that has yet been published in one volume. Some of them of course must needs be conventional; but many of them, such as the portrait ofO xley when a young man, and of A. C. Gregory, have never been given publicity before; and in many cases I have selected early portraits, whenever I had the opportunity, in preference to the oft published portrait of the same subject when advanced in years. There are many who assisted me in the collection of these portraits. To Mr. F. Bladen, of the Public Library, Sydney; Mr. Malcolm Fraser, of Perth, W.A.; Mr. Thomas Gill, of A delaide; Sir John Forrest; The Eevd. J. Milne Curran; Mr. Archibald Meston; and many others my best thanks are due. In fact, in such a work as this, one cannot hope for success unless he seek the assistance of those who remembered the explorers in life, or have heard their friends and relatives talk familiarly of them. Let me particularly hojS ethat fm hse p5i our youth, who should be interested in thfe exploration of raieir- native land, will form an adequate idea of the (A5a.ra9 of ohemen who helped to make A ustralia, and of some of the aclveter conditions against which they struggled so nobly. I V- EbnesV IP avenc. Sydney,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1161462740
• ISBN 13: 9781161462746
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 214
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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