The Explorers - Brossura

Flannery, Tim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1842121170 ISBN 13: 9781842121177

Casa editrice: Orion, 2001

Riassunto

From the account of how a convict rescued Eliza Fraser to the story of Maori chief Te Pahi saving lives of condemned thieves in Sydney in 1805 and how John Ainsworth Horrocks was shot by his camel, The Explorers takes us beyond the frontier into a world of danger, compassion, humour, brutality and death. It not only includes the work of Wills, Giles, Leichhardt, Stuart, Eyre and Mitchell, but a host of other fascinating figures too, documenting almost four centuries of exploration.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

The explorers of Australia tell an epic story of courage and suffering, of dispossession and conquest, of a moving frontier between European invaders and the Aborigines who had been living on this continent for thousands of years.

L'autore:

Tim Flannery was born in Melbourne in 1956. He lives in Sydney, where he is Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. In 1998 he was appointed Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842121170
• ISBN 13: 9781842121177
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 388