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The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Australia
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3894797The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Australiahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mammoth-book-of-travel-in-dangerous-places-australia-9781472100078/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3712347/e3556cce-cc89-4edb-8bdc-aad8426b79c4.jpg?v=638385765105630000MXNLittle, Brown Book GroupOutOfStock/Ebooks/3831287The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Australia00https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mammoth-book-of-travel-in-dangerous-places-australia-9781472100078/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3712347/e3556cce-cc89-4edb-8bdc-aad8426b79c4.jpg?v=638385765105630000OutOfStockMXN0DIEbook20129781472100078_W3siaWQiOiJkZDgyODE4Zi03MWMxLTQ1MjktOTYyZi01MjhkNmQyNjRjYWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIwLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyMCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDgtMjFUMTc6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI0LTA5LTE1VDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiIyYmJjNDkzYy1iMTQ4LTQxNmEtYmZhZS1iZjkyZjg1MTBjOTQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE5LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoxOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDktMTZUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781472100078_<p><strong><em>Landfall at Botany Bay</em> - James Cook</strong><br />The son of a Yorkshire farm labourer, Cook won distinction as a naval hydrographer but was still a controversial choice to command a voyage of scientific observation to the Pacific in 1768. Its results, including the first coastal surveys of New Zealand and eastern Australia, led to a second voyage to the south Pacific and a third to the north Pacific, during which he was killed in a fracas with the Hawaiians. It was a tragic end for one whose humble origins disposed him to respect indigenous peoples. They are far happier than we Europeans, he noted of Australias aborigines following a brief encounter at Botany Bay (Sydney), the first European landing on the Pacific coast, in 1770.</p><p><strong><em>Escape from the Outback</em> - Charles Sturt</strong><br />After pioneering journeys to the Darling and Murray rivers, in 1844-5 Sturt headed north for the heart of Australia. Since the continent appeared to have few seaward draining rivers it was assumed that, alike Africa, it must boat an inland lake region; a boat was therefore included amongst the expeditions equipment. But Sturt failed to reach the geographical centre of the continent, and the largest stretch of water found was at Coopers Creek, later to figure so prominently in the endeavours of Burke and Wills. Sturts painful retreat during the hottest summer on record formed a fitting prelude to the Wills saga.</p><p><strong><em>Death at Coopers Creek</em> - William John Wills</strong><br />In early 1861 Robert OHara Burke, William Wills and John King reached Australias northern coast on the Gulf of Carpentaria, thus completing the first transcontinental crossing. Returning the way they had come, after four months of appalling hardship they staggered into Sturts Coopers Creek where men and supplies had been left to await their return. They were just eight hours too late; the relief party, despairing of their return, had left that very morning. One of explorations most poignant moments was followed by one of its most protracted tragedies as the expedition tried to extricate itself, failed, faded, and died. Only King survived; three months later he was discovered living with the aborigines; Wills heartbreaking journal was found lying beside his skeleton.</p><p><strong><em>To See the Sea</em> - John McDouall Stuart</strong><br />Modest, dedicated, immensely tough and thoroughly congenial, Stuart was very much an explorers explorer. With little support or fuss he began probing north from Adelaide in the late 1850s. In 1860 he was the first to reach the centre of the continent, thus completing the work of Sturt. Although Burke and Wills just beat him in the race to cross the continent, Stuarts 1862 route was much longer and more difficult; and he did actually reach the sea. He was also to return alive.</p>9781472100078_Little, Brown Book Grouplibro_electonico_df2f7197-f744-31c6-8dd5-d5b46e1ab8dd_9781472100078;9781472100078_9781472100078John KeayInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-9d725da6-02ab-45e7-b3c6-b0230ecd139c.epub2012-06-07T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown Book Group