| Description |
viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The opening of the world -- 2. Navigation at sea and on land -- 3. The first sightings of Australia -- 4. The maritime exploration: preparing the charts -- 5. A major French expedition -- 6. Flinders and the 'Investigator' -- 7. Phillip Parker King and the northern coasts -- 8. The breakout: exploring the land -- 9. Expansion of the colony to Van Dieman's Land -- 10. Charles Sturt and the Murray-Darling basin -- 11. Thomas Livingston Mitchell, the surveyor-general -- 12. Edward John Eyre and the desert country -- 13. Sturt's search for the inland sea -- 14. Australia Felix and tropical Australia -- 15. Leichhardt: across the continent to Port Essington -- Triumph and disaster: the Burke and Wills expedition -- 17. John McDouall Stuart: across the continent from south to north |
| Summary |
Geography to reveal how the explorers came to defeat these particular hazards |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 293-306 |
| Subject |
Explorers -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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Australia -- History -- To 1788.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
00002134 |
| ISBN |
0731808789 |
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