Download or read book Discovery Under the Southern Cross written by Roslyn Poignant and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1976 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the discovery and exploration of the islands and continents of the South Pacific.
Download or read book Discovery Under the Southern Cross written by Roslyn Poignant and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1976 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the discovery and exploration of the islands and continents of the South Pacific.
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Maturin Murray Ballou and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Embark on a thrilling adventure through the Southern Hemisphere with Maturin Murray Ballou in 'Under the Southern Cross.' Penned in the 19th century, this travel narrative is a captivating account of Ballou's exploration of the exotic landscapes, cultures, and wonders found beneath the Southern Cross. As Ballou journeys through South America, Australia, and the islands of the South Pacific, he unfolds tales of diverse civilizations, natural marvels, and the unique allure of the Southern Hemisphere. 'Under the Southern Cross' is more than a travelogue; it's a vivid exploration of the uncharted territories and hidden gems of the southern part of the globe. Join Ballou on this literary expedition where each page unveils a new chapter of discovery, making 'Under the Southern Cross' an essential read for those captivated by tales of Southern Hemisphere exploration and the timeless mystique of faraway lands."
Download or read book Encyclopedia of discovery and exploration written by Julian Holland and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Emma Hillmon Haviland and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From August 7, 1942 until February 24, 1944, the US Navy fought the most difficult campaign in its history. Between the landing of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal and the final withdrawal of the Imperial Japanese Navy from its main South Pacific base at Rabaul, the US Navy suffered such high personnel losses that for years it refused to publicly release total casualty figures. The Solomons campaign saw the US Navy at its lowest point, forced to make use of those ships that had survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other units of the pre-war navy that had been hastily transferred to the Pacific. 140 days after the American victory at Midway, USS Enterprise was the only pre-war carrier left in the South Pacific and the US Navy would have been overwhelmed in the face of Japanese naval power had there been a third major fleet action. At the same time, another under-resourced campaign had broken out on the island of New Guinea. The Japanese attempt to reinforce their position there had led to the Battle of the Coral Sea in May and through to the end of the year, American and Australian armed forces were only just able to prevent a Japanese conquest of New Guinea. The end of 1942 saw the Japanese stopped in both the Solomons and New Guinea, but it would take another 18 hard-fought months before Japan was forced to retreat from the South Pacific. Under the Southern Cross draws on extensive first-hand accounts and new analysis to examine the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns which laid the groundwork for Allied victory in the Pacific War.
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Frank S Andersen and published by Sophus. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under the Southern Cross: Emily's Perspective," is a captivating journey that unfolds under the vast expanse of the southern hemisphere. In this poignant tale, Emily, a young Canadian backpacker, shares her personal odyssey through the heart of Central Australia, exploring the unique landscapes, forging deep connections, and navigating the complexities of love and self-discovery. As we delve into Emily's world, guided by the iconic Southern Cross constellation, we witness the transformative power of the Australian outback. From the crimson hues of Uluru and Kata Tjuta to the rugged beauty of Watarrka, each page resonates with the echoes of a profound experience that goes beyond geographical exploration. Join Emily as she retraces her steps, capturing the essence of her days under the Southern Cross. This is more than a travelogue; it's an intimate reflection on love, loss, and the indelible marks left by a fleeting connection. As the Southern Cross watches over, Emily's perspective unfolds, inviting you to share in the beauty and complexity of her unforgettable Australian sojourn.
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Bob Livingstone and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Australian author, Bob Livingstone as he follows the B-24 Liberator as it arrives in Australia during the turning point of the war against Japan and enables attacks to penetrate deep into Japanese held territory. The B-24 was the most numerous USAAF heavy bomber based in Australia and New Guinea in the most desperate phase of the Pacific War, and the first four-engine heavy bomber to serve with Royal Australian Air Force home squadrons. Includes many never before published photographs and an index.
Download or read book Under The Southern Cross written by Clara M. Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Southern Cross, the eighth book in the Brothers Series and the fourth in the Shamrocks Saga, continues the story begun in Shamrocks in the Heather with the adventures of the rapidly maturing younger members of the Quigley clan. World War II is now in full swing and the Quigley cousins (by whatever name they're known) volunteer for duty in the armed forces: Andrew, Finn and Doug in the RAF, Dennis in the Royal Navy and Geordie in the Army. Roarke, trapped in Australia by the outbreak of war, joins the coastwatchers in the Solomon Islands. This job, vital to the war effort and extremely dangerous, keep Martin, Anne and the twins on tenterhooks. Whether due to old age or the toll taken by the stress of war, the family suffers many deaths. The younger generation suffers greatly as well as they perform their various stints in the military. In the meantime, the demon inhabiting the soul of Adolph Hitler is beginning to believe the Nazis are no longer going to win the war. He takes desperate and sometimes foolish measures to try to rectify the deteriorating situation. Lucifer, ever practical, decides to hedge his bet by looking at Stalin as a new would-be ally in his war to establish the Rule of Chaos. The Spear of Destiny will play a role in the outcome of the war and many forces are determined to gain control of the mystical weapon. What no one counts on is the interference of the Quigley twins. Dora and Dosia are set on reclaiming the Spear for its original owner. While a vicious war turns London into matchsticks and mainland Europe into hell-on-earth, a semi-normal life goes on. People, Quigleys included, marry and have children. Their traveling is curtailed by shortages of fuel; their gatherings are more subdued with less food and fewer gifts but a semblance of normalcy is stubbornly adhered to. So, the battle between good and evil goes on. On one side is the Prince of Hell and his faithful (?) Lieutenant Beelzebub. Or is he faithful? He's beginning to develop a reluctant admiration for the twins and even begins to like them. On the other side are the Quigleys, their Angels and the two wild-cards: Dora and Dosia. What happens to the Spear will have great bearing on the future of mankind although no one really realizes that and the twins want to keep it that way. They know this is not the last time they'll have to face and fight Lucifer and his minions but they take one day at a time, one challenge at a time while whispering the "Quigley lullaby" "Whisht now, whisht." This is not a religious book nor meant to endorse or promote any type of belief. It is intended to provide a verbal roller-coaster ride. Plus, I've grown to quite like The Old Man. Enjoy!
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by George W. Adams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels Under the Southern Cross Being a Second Edition of Under the Southern Cross Or Travels in Australia Tasmania New Zealand Samoa and Other Pacific Islands written by Maturin Murray Ballou and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beneath the Southern Cross written by Robert Richardson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the adventures of Robert Richardson as he travels beneath the beautiful sky of the Southern Cross. From the vast plains of Argentina to the rugged terrain of Patagonia, this memoir takes readers on a journey of self-discovery and exploration of one of the most captivating regions in the world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Templars under the Southern Cross written by Oscar Luis Rigiroli and published by Oscar Luis Rigiroli. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When King Henry of France and Pope Innocent decreed in the early fourteenth century the end of the Order of the Temple and burned alive their main leaders, they could not achieve one of their main objectives: to seize the treasure of the Order. It was shipped surreptitiously in the port of La Rochelle to the coast of Scotland, and from there it began a long journey throughout centuries, which led part of the treasure to the beaches of South America. A child finds in the Patagonian beaches some strange stones carved with text fragments written in Latin and a cross of eight points. This triggers the action in the present, when the child´s family members, including a Mexican archaeologist of Maya ancestry and her husband analyze the stones. Realizing the Templar origin of the inscriptions, it begins an arduous quest to uncover the fate of the treasure. First contact is a Swiss anthropologist living in the city of Bariloche, in a region of lakes of the Argentine Patagonia. One of their surprising findings is that there are still descendants of the Templars forming a millenarian brotherhood advocated by the values of their ancestors, based in remote areas of the Andean-Patagonian forests. Thither are headed the scientist in a research expedition. Their departure is detected however by a group of large-scale predators of cultural, artistic and archaeological treasures acting internationally, led by a mysterious former KGB colonel. They send a powerful armed group in the footsteps of the explorers. Scientists make contact with members of the brotherhood, jealous care of their heritage, that includes not only material goods but one of Christianity's holiest objects according to the medieval conception. Guided by the archaeologist, equipped with a special sensitivity for the detection of arcane, searchers are directed to a point inaccessible forest, in their search of the treasure .It is in those places where bursts a bloody conflict between the warring factions.
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Elizabeth Robins and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under the Southern Cross" by Elizabeth Robins is an enchanting travelogue that transports readers to the captivating landscapes of the Southern Hemisphere. Robins' vivid descriptions and insightful observations paint a vivid picture of the regions she explores, revealing the rich cultural tapestry and natural wonders of the Southern lands. The book offers a delightful journey of discovery and appreciation for the diverse beauty of the world.
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 352 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 Under the Southern Cross written by E. Cook Pritchard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Under the Southern Cross: Incidents and Adventures of Missionary Life in Australia De Quiros, a Portuguese in the service of Spain, . Made strenuous efforts to reach the Great South Land, as he was convinced that the rumours concerning its existence were true. In December, 1605, he set sail to discover it, with Torres as captain of the second vessel of his small fleet, but his efforts proved unsuccess ful. De Quiros may be regarded as the last of the Southern European explorers, whose work was now taken up by the Dutch. In 1595 the Dutch East India Company was formed, with headquarters at Batavia, whence ten years later Jansen was sent on a voyage of discovery, when he surveyed the south coast Of New Guinea, and the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, without, however, discovering the passage between the two. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Under the Southern Cross Travels in Australia Tasmania New Zealand Samoa and Other Pacific Islands written by Maturin Murray Ballou and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1888-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the author resolved upon a journey to the Antipodes he was in London, just returned from Norway, Sweden, and Russia, and contemplated reaching the far-away countries of Australia and New Zealand by going due east through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and then crossing the Indian Ocean. But this is not the nearest route to Oceania. The English monthly mail for that part of the world is regularly forwarded from Liverpool to Boston or New York, thence across the continent of America, and by steamboat from San Francisco. These mail steamers touch at the Sandwich Islands, after which the course lies southwest into the island-dotted latitudes of the widespread South Pacific. Auckland, in New Zealand, is reached by this route in thirty-seven days from London; and Sydney, in Australia, five days later,—the two great English colonies being separated by over a thousand miles of unbroken ocean. The latter route was adopted by the writer of these pages as being both more comfortable and more expeditious. Having already experienced the sirocco-like heat of the Red Sea throughout its whole length, from Adin to Suez, the prospect of a second journey in that exhausting region was anything but attractive. The Atlantic Ocean was therefore crossed to the westward, and a fair start made from much nearer home; namely, by the American Central Pacific route. The journey by rail across our own continent was easily accomplished in one week of day-and-night travel, covering a distance of thirty-four hundred miles from Boston to San Francisco. Comfortable sleeping-cars obviate the necessity of stopping by the way for bodily rest, provided the traveller be physically strong and in good health. On a portion of the road one not only retires at his usual hour, but he also breakfasts, dines, and enjoys nearly all the domestic conveniences in the train, while it is moving at a rate varying from thirty-five to forty-five miles per hour, in such well-adjusted cars as hardly to realize that he is all the time being rapidly and surely forwarded to his destination. The pleasing variety of scenery presented to the eyes of the watchful traveller from the car windows is extremely interesting and peculiarly American, embracing peaceful, widespread, fertile fields, valleys of exquisite verdure, foaming torrents and mountain gorges, together with Alpine ranges worthy of Switzerland. Now the route skirts the largest lakes on the face of the globe, navigated by mammoth steam ships; now follows the silvery course of some broad river, or crosses a great commercial water-way, hundreds of feet above its surface, by iron bridges skilfully hung in air. For scores of miles the road may run parallel with some busy canal crowded with heavily-laden barges, slowly making their way to market. Besides winding through mountain gorges, plains, parks, and primeval forests, one passes en route through grand and populous cities numbering half a million and more of people each, as well as through pleasant towns, thrifty villages, pioneer hamlets, and Indian reservations, where the plains are as far-reaching as the open sea, the blue of the sky overhead and the yellow buffalo-grass which carpets the earth forming the only blending colors,—until by and by a distant glimpse of the waters of the Pacific signifies that the land-journey draws near its close, and soon after the young but wonderful giant city of the West, San Francisco, is reached.
