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Navigating by the Southern Cross

Author : Kenneth Morgan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350154792
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Navigating by the Southern Cross written by Kenneth Morgan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive study, Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European exploration and discovery in Australia. The book presents a detailed chronological overview of European interests in the Australian continent, from initial speculations about the 'Great Southern Land' to the major hydrographic expeditions of the 19th century. In particular, he analyses the early crossings of the Dutch in the 17th century, the exploits of English 'buccaneer adventurer' William Dampier, the famous voyages of James Cook and Matthew Flinders, and the little-known French annexation of Australia in 1772. Introducing new findings and drawing on the latest in historiographical research, this book situates developments in navigation, nautical astronomy and cartography within the broader contexts of imperial, colonial, and maritime history.

The Russians and Australia

Author : Glynn Barratt
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774843160
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Russians and Australia written by Glynn Barratt and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for his pioneering work on Russia's early exploits in Australia and the Pacific, historian Glynn Barratt again breaks new ground in presenting the first comprehensive study of Russian naval, social, mercantile, and scientific enterprise in New South Wales between 1807 and 1835.

In Tasmania

Author : Nicholas Shakespeare
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468304291
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book In Tasmania written by Nicholas Shakespeare and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned British author of The Dancer Upstairs comes this “meticulous, lyrical history” of the remote island and his family’s connection to it (Publishers Weekly). Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “one of the best English novelists of our time,” Nicholas Shakespeare decided to move to Tasmania after falling in love with its exceptional beauty. Only later did he discover a cache of letters that revealed a deep and complicated family connection to the island. They were written by an ancestor as corrupt as he was colorful: Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), the so-called Father of Tasmania. Then Shakespeare discovered more unknown Tasmanian relations: A pair of spinsters who had never left their farm except once, in 1947, to buy shoes. Their journal recounted a saga beginning in Northern England in the 1890s with a dashing but profligate ancestor who ended his life in the Tasmanian bush. In this fascinating history of two turbulent centuries in an apparently idyllic place, Shakespeare weaves the history of the island with multiple narratives, a cast of unlikely characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland, a village full of Chatwins, and a family of Shakespeares. “Tasmania is an enigmatic place and Shakespeare captures it with an appreciative eye.” —The Guardian

The Great South Sea

Author : Glyndwr Williams
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300105681
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Great South Sea written by Glyndwr Williams and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, English buccaneers, privateers, and naval expeditions sought fame and fortune in the distant reaches of the South Sea. Beginning with the voyage of Francis Drake in the 1570s and continuing through that of George Anson in the 1740s, a series of predatory English adventurers pursued Spanish treasure, and for a few the dream of riches came true. For most, the voyages ended in disappointment, and sometimes death. This engrossing book investigates these maritime adventures and how they were described in popular accounts of the time--accounts that affected English consciousness and perceptions of the wider world and that influenced the planning and nature of the later great voyages of James Cook and others. Glyndwr Williams, a leading expert on the exploration of the Pacific Ocean, draws on printed accounts of South Sea voyages as well as unpublished records--buccaneer journals, expedition papers, and government documents from public and private archives. For English seamen preying on Spanish trade and treasure, the South Sea was limited to the waters lapping the shores of Chile, Peru, and Mexico. But the vision was wider for others, Williams reveals. Cartographers at home in England, untrammeled by the constraints and dangers of actual voyaging, produced speculative maps with a vast Terra Australis Incognita, with fabulous Islands of Solomon, and with a promised short passage from Atlantic to Pacific. Satirical and utopian writers from Joseph Hall to Jonathan Swift found ample space in the wide ocean for their fictional travelers. And contemporary published voyage accounts--marvelous, though not necessarily reliable--further blurred the line between real and imaginary, contributing to the alluring, exotic image of the South Sea that took root in English folk memory and long outlasted the age of the buccaneers.

The Nation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mosquito

Author : Gayl Jones
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807006629
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Mosquito written by Gayl Jones and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing—a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US–Mexico border about identity, immigration, and “the new underground railroad.” “Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.”—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker First discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In Mosquito, she examines the US–Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey beings after discovering a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking her accidental and yet growing involvement in “the new underground railroad,” a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants. As Mosquito’s understanding of the immigrants’s need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito’s romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood; Maria, the stowaway who names her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner; and many more.

A Draught of the South Land

Author : Paul Moon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 071889720X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book A Draught of the South Land written by Paul Moon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how the map of New Zealand emerged is a fascinating one. The first full map of the islands was published in London in 1773, which might seem the natural starting point, but over the preceding 150 years, fragments of charts and intelligence about New Zealand ricocheted around various parts of the world. In A Draught of the South Land, Paul Moon provides the first comprehensive account of this piecemeal process. Moon’s investigation covers several continents over more than a century, and reveals the personalities, blunders, strategic miscalculations, scientific brilliance, and imperial power-plays that were involved. Above all, he examines the roles played by explorers and traders, Māori and European rulers, scientific societies and military groups, as well as specialist cartographers and publishers. At a time when maps as colonial tools, enablers of trade and objects of curiosity are being studied anew, his careful analysis and engaging narrative will be of interest to scholars everywhere.

The children in the scrub, by the author of 'Bertie's birthday present'.

Author : Sophia Tandy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The children in the scrub, by the author of 'Bertie's birthday present'. written by Sophia Tandy and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean

Author : Alexander Dalrymple
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean written by Alexander Dalrymple and published by . This book was released on 1771 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Search of Hobart

Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459604415
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Hobart written by Peter Timms and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the contemporary world; going boutique, nice and slow', as one overseas visitor notes. From Hobart's convict legacy, its spectacular natural setting, heritage architecture and climate, to crime-rates, economic hardship and the recent disfigurements of the developers, Timms brings a wealth of fresh insights, exploring the city with a mixture of affection, admiration, frustration and sadness, interviewing a wide range of residents along the way. Those who have experienced Hobart as tourists will be surprised and intrigued by the lively, complex society this book reveals. Those who live here will surely discover their city anew.

The Clone Assassin

Author : Steven L. Kent
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425264491
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Clone Assassin written by Steven L. Kent and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth, A.D. 2519. The clone soldiers of the Enlisted Man’s Empire, formerly members of the Unified Authority’s powerful military, maintain a tenuous grasp on the power they fought so hard to gain. But the U.A. will not be so easy to suppress as they had hoped… A provocateur attacks the Pentagon. Gunships converge on the penitentiary where Unified Authority war criminals are held. And a clone assassin murders Admiral Don Cutter, commander in chief of the Enlisted Man's Empire... It all happens at once—and five minutes later, more assassins attack Wayson Harris as he prepares for a summit with delegates of Olympus Kri. With Harris missing and their most deadly enemies on the loose, the remaining officers of the Empire must uncover a plot to overthrow their government while preparing for war...

The English Colony in New South Wales (Vol. 1&2)

Author : David Collins
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The English Colony in New South Wales (Vol. 1&2) written by David Collins and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales is a two-volume history of the British settlement in Australia written by Colonel David Collins, administrator of Britain's first colonies in Australia. The work covers period from the first settlement in January 1788, to August 1801 with remarks on the dispositions, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants of Australia to which are added some particulars of New Zealand. In January 1788, the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip founded the first British settlement in Australian history as a penal colony. Colonel Collins tells the story of the fleet which comprised the 11 ships that departed from Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 to New South Wales, the penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia. From England, the Fleet sailed south-west to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay (Australia), arriving over the period of 18-20 January 1788.

Parliamentary Debates

Author : New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Abel Tasman and the Discovery of New Zealand

Author : B. Slot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Abel Tasman and the Discovery of New Zealand written by B. Slot and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De ontdekking van Nieuw-Zeeland in 1642-1644 en de levensloop van expeditieleider Abel Tasman (1603-1659).

A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

Author : Alex Ritsema
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411698320
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725 written by Alex Ritsema and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1728 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.

The One That Got Away

Author : David Wray
Publisher : Booktango
ISBN 13 : 1468903292
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The One That Got Away written by David Wray and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The One That Got Away charts the personal journey of David Wray who turned to a year on the road 'because it was there'. While other travel writers have been there and done it, Wray goes there, does it and then throws himself off it. Full of wit and humorous observations, "The One That Got Away" charts Wray's journeys around the world from Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, America and Canada.