Explorations in Australia - I Explorations in Search of Dr Leichardt Party. Ii From Perth to

Klappentext John Forrest's 1875 account of the three hazardous expeditions into the interior of Australia which launched his political career. Zusammenfassung John Forrest (1847–1918), was an Australian surveyor, explorer, and, later, politician. In this 1875 account of the three expeditions into the Western Australian interior which made him famous, he describes the geology, vegetation, and wildlife of the routes, the constant concern of finding water, and the expeditions' triumphal reception. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Previous expeditions into the interior; 2. First expedition in search of Leichardt; 3. Second expedition - from Perth to Adelaide, round the Great Bight; 4. Reception at Adelaide and return to Perth; 5. Third expedition - from the West Coast to the Telegraph Line; 6. Public receptions at Adelaide and Perth; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: John Forrest, Forrest John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039185
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03918-5
• No. of pages: 410
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Australia, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Expeditions: popular accounts, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history