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Author : Ken F Stewart
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499011350
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Batavia Shores written by Ken F Stewart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Dash
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0609807161
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Batavia's Graveyard written by Mike Dash and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world’s richest and most powerful monopoly. The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of June 3, 1629, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in a tiny lifeboat they set sail for Java—some 1,500 miles north—to summon help. More than 250 frightened survivors waded ashore, thankful to be alive. Unfortunately, Jeronimus and the mutineers had survived too, and the nightmare was only beginning.
Author : Mike Dash
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 140004510X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book Batavia's Graveyard written by Mike Dash and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia’s Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival. It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company’s flagship, was loaded with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the Company’s fleet, a tangible symbol of the world’s richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold would never reach Java, for the Company had also sent along a new employee, Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a bankrupt and disgraced man who possessed disarming charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, Jeronimus soon sparked a mutiny that seemed certain to succeed—but for one unplanned event: In the dark morning hours of June 3, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The commander of the ship and the skipper evaded the mutineers by escaping in a tiny lifeboat and setting a course for Java—some 1,800 miles north—to summon help. Nearly all of the passengers survived the wreck and found themselves trapped on a bleak coral island without water, food, or shelter. Leaderless, unarmed, and unaware of Jeronimus’s treachery, they were at the mercy of the mutineers. Jeronimus took control almost immediately, preaching his own twisted version of heresy he’d learned in Holland’s secret Anabaptist societies. More than 100 people died at his command in the months that followed. Before long, an all-out war erupted between the mutineers and a small group of soldiers led by Wiebbe Hayes, the one man brave enough to challenge Jeronimus’s band of butchers. Unluckily for the mutineers, the Batavia’s commander had raised the alarm in Java, and at the height of the violence the Company’s gunboats sailed over the horizon. Jeronimus and his mutineers would meet an end almost as gruesome as that of the innocents whose blood had run on the small island they called Batavia’s Graveyard. Impeccably researched and beautifully written, Batavia’s Graveyard is the next classic of narrative nonfiction, the book that secures Mike Dash’s place as one of the finest writers of the genre.
Author : Robert Drewe
Publisher : National Library of Australia
ISBN 13 : 0642278806
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Beach written by Robert Drewe and published by National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Drewe, internationally acclaimed writer, writes here about the quintessential Australian experience. Drewe looks at the sunny, salty sexiness of the beach that first enticed the crusading Mr William Gocher into the ocean at Manly in 1903, defying authorities in his neck-to-knee bathing costume. We’ve come a long way from sunbathing in stockings and pantaloons to the unabashed display of sun-kissed bodies of all shapes and sizes at any beach in the country today. But the beach also has a dark side as a place of tragedy, violence and danger, a place where sharks attack prone surfers and prime ministers disappear. Drewe’s lyrical examination of Australian beach culture combines imagery from some of Australia’s most celebrated photographers with his personal anecdotes―a favourite boat, a capsicum-strewn beach, a summer holiday with teenagers and an unwelcome great white. This is a book for Australians dreaming of the beach―that is, those of us not there right now.
Author : Mary Augusta Poynter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Around the Shores of Asia written by Mary Augusta Poynter and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385674538
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)
Download or read book In a Sunburned Country written by Bill Bryson and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliciously funny, fact-filled and adventurous, In a Sunburned Country takes us on a grand tour of Australia. It's a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost — yes, lost — while swimming at sea, to Japanese cult members who may (entirely unnoticed) have set off an atomic bomb on their 500,000 acre property in the great western desert. Australia is the only island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. Its aboriginal people, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, have made it their home for millennia. And despite the fact that it is the most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the planet's ten most deadly poisonous snakes, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, sea shells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish (don't ask). The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary. Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. Even with those jellyfish.
Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1788687434
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (886 download)
Download or read book Lonely Planet West Coast Australia written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's West Coast Australia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Snorkel among pristine coral at Ningaloo Marine Park, tour the wineries and breweries in the Margaret River wine region, and experience the bizarre landscapes of the Pinnacles Desert at dawn, sunset and full moon - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of West Coast Australia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's West Coast Australia: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Covers: Perth, Fremantle, Margaret River, the Southwest Coast, Monkey Mia, Ningaloo Coast, the Pilbara, Broome and the Kimberley. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's West Coast Australia is our most comprehensive guide to the west coast of Australia, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Australia for an in-depth guide to the country. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300220413
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Savage Shore written by Graham Seal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originial edition has subtitle: extraordinary stories of survival and tragedy from the early voyages of discovery to Australia.
Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Australia Directory: The East Coast, Torres Strait, and Coral Sea written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Japan. Tetsudōin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: East Indies written by Japan. Tetsudōin and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Eastern Archipelago: Including the south-east end of Sumatra, Java, islands east of Java, south and east coasts of Borneo, and Célebes Island. 4th ed written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (964 download)
Download or read book The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 2378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Inter-ocean written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Horsburgh (F.R.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The India Directory, for the Guidance of Commanders of Steamers and Sailing Vessels written by James Horsburgh (F.R.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New York (State). Public Service Commission. Second District
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Second District written by New York (State). Public Service Commission. Second District and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report, with accompanying documents.
Author : Exploring Eden Books
Publisher : Exploring Eden Media Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 064552266X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (455 download)
Download or read book 100 Thing To See On Australia's Coral Coast written by Exploring Eden Books and published by Exploring Eden Media Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Things To See On Australia's Coral Coast expands the ever-popular range of 100 Things To See travel guides, dedicated to Australia's most incredible regions. From Lancelin in the south to Point Sampson, 1500km to the north, Western Australia’s Coral Coast and Pilbara regions are a cacophony of wild adventure. Here, the outback meets fringing coral reef where you literally step from desert to underwater oasis in a heartbeat. Along the way, explore the best things to see, from stunning wildflower meadows to walk-off-the-beach coral reefs. Swim with whale sharks and manta rays or find and eat local produce while getting insider knowledge into the best places to eat, sleep and shop along the way. Along the way, you’ll wander through ancient cultural sites older than the landscapes and landscapes older than the continent. You’ll swim with the world’s largest sharks and walk with some of Australia’s rarest species. You’ll camp on deserted beaches one day, then kick back in edgy micro-breweries the next. In this guide, you’ll find at least 100 of the best places and things to see and do along this incredible stretch of coast, and all of them carefully curated so you’re experiencing the most exceptional parts of Australia’s Coral Coast, Karijini National Park and the Pilbara. Adventure awaits. Chapters cover the Indian Ocean Drive, Wildflower Country, Geraldton and Surrounds, Kalbarri and Surrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon, Cape Range, The Pilbara and Karijini National Park.
Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book H.O. Pub written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
