Download or read book Alas for the Pelicans written by Anne Chittleborough and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1802 a Frenchman and an Englishman famously encountered each other off the shores of South Australia. The voyages of discovery of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders opened the way for the increasingly rapid colonisation of 'Terra Australis'.
Download or read book Pelican written by Barbara Allen and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill, and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But as Barbara Allen reveals, this graceful skimmer of ocean waves has a checkered history. Originally classed as “unclean” in the King James Bible, the legend of the compassionate pelican was later appropriated by Christianity to symbolize Christ’s sacrifice. This majestic bird, gifted to British royalty in 1664, has been celebrated in art and literature, from Shakespeare’s King Lear to the writing of Edward Lear, and is the holder of three Guinness World Records. The pelican’s anatomy has been copied for paper plane construction, aircraft design, and in 3D imaging, and its resilience is as remarkable as its make-up: the pelican has rallied against threats of extinction, habitat destruction, and environmental disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A must-read book for all bird enthusiasts, Barbara Allen’s Pelican weaves together wildlife trivia, historical tales, and the latest research to provide an engaging, many-feathered account of this emblematic bird.
Download or read book The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation With Illustrations written by Samuel BENNETT (of Sydney.) and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation written by Samuel Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book The Life of Matthew Flinders written by Sir Ernest Scott and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biographical work on Matthew Flinders, an eighteenth-century English navigator who charted much of the Australian coast. It gives a wonderful insight into his life and achievements. Anyone who finds delight in reading about this period of history or the history of Australia will find a medium that will appeal to their needs in this work.
Download or read book Incredible Survival Stories written by Jay Cassell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scale the world’s highest peaks, plunge to the depths of the ocean, wade through the dense jungles of the Amazon, and cross every terrain in between in Incredible Survival Stories. Featuring more than a dozen firsthand accounts from celebrated explorers and adventurers, this collection includes some of the most perilous accounts of man versus nature ever to be penned. Prepare to be amazed, as within these pages you’ll: • Join Theodore Roosevelt’s standoff with an African lion • Descend to the depths of the deepest cavern with Norbert Casteret • Battle a sandstorm in the Gobi Desert with Sven Hedin • Discover uncharted American territory with Lewis and Clark • Follow Ernest Shackleton’s perilous Antarctic voyage • Soar through the skies with Charles Lindbergh • And tag along on more than a dozen more adventures! With more than three dozen photographs and illustrations that help bring these astounding tales to life, Incredible Survival Stories is a must-have for every armchair adventurer and aspiring explorer.
Download or read book Grasmere 2013 written by Richard Gravil and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of three lectures and eight papers from the 42nd Wordsworth Summer Conference, opens with Heidi Thomson's fresh approach to Wordsworth's Salisbury Plain narrative, and closes with Deirdre Coleman's exploration of the Keats Circle's interest in Indian culture. Christopher Simons contributes a rare full-length treatment of Ecclesiastical Sketches vis-a-vis Wordsworth's oeuvre. The book also includes papers on Wordsworth by Peter Larkin, Tom Clucas, Simon Swift, Daniel Robinson, Rowan Boyson and Richard Gravil, and by Kimiyo Ogawa on Godwin and Hazlitt, Alexandra Paterson on Shelley, and by Richard Lansdown on 'Coralline history' in James Montgomery's remarkable 'Pelican Island'.
Download or read book Literature and Truth written by Richard Lansdown and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Literature and Truth Richard Lansdown examines the relation of literature to truth by tracing the presence of discursive ideas and paradigms in imaginative works.
Download or read book Ill starred Captains written by Anthony J. Brown and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), France and Britain dispatched rival voyages of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and "advance the limits of science." Led by naval captains Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, both expeditions carried safe-conducts protecting them from seizure by the ships of the opposing navies. Ill-Starred Captains is the first book to explore the two voyages together in detail. Published in association with the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, it represents a major addition to the records of maritime history.
Download or read book Proceedings written by Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Voyage to Terra Australis is a two-volume sea voyage journal written by English mariner and explorer Matthew Flinders. It describes his circumnavigation of the Australian continent in the early years of the 19th century, and his imprisonment by the French on the island of Mauritius from 1804–1810. The book tells in great detail of his explorations and included maps and drawings of the profiles of unknown coastline areas of what Flinders called "Terra Australis Incognita". By this, he was referring to the great unknown Southern continent that had been sighted and partly mapped by prominent earlier mariners such as Captain James Cook.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Incorporated written by Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis 1801 1810 written by Matthew Flinders and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Voyage to Terra Australis is a two-volume sea voyage journal written by English mariner and explorer Matthew Flinders. It describes his circumnavigation of the Australian continent in the early years of the 19th century, and his imprisonment by the French on the island of Mauritius from 1804–1810. The book tells in great detail of his explorations and included maps and drawings of the profiles of unknown coastline areas of what Flinders called "Terra Australis Incognita". By this, he was referring to the great unknown Southern continent that had been sighted and partly mapped by prominent earlier mariners such as Captain James Cook.
Download or read book Proceedings Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch written by Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fosteriana Consisting of Thoughts Reflections and Criticisms of John Foster written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fosteriana written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
