The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand

From the Earliest Date to the Present Day

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvWilliam Howitt

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The prolific writer William Howitt (1792-1879) embarked for Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration. Published in 1865, when New Zealand had only been recognised as a country for a generation, this two-volume work describes 'scenes of danger and of wild romance, of heroic daring and devoted deaths, such as few countries have to show'. It gives a valuable account of early European exploration and settlement in Australia and New Zealand as well as insights into European travellers' responses to this previously unknown continent. Volume 2 begins in the mid-1840s, and focuses on the 1861 disappearance in Australia of Burke and Wills, the expeditions searching for them (including one led by Howitt's son), and visits to New Zealand by explorers including Charles Heaphy and Julius Haast.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-06-23
Mått140 x 216 x 28 mm
Vikt620 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
Antal sidor488
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108029506

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1. Dr. Leichhardt's expedition overland from Moreton Bay to Port Essington in the years 1844 and 1845; 2. The expedition of Captain Sturt into Central Australia in the years 1844, 45, and 46; 3. Exploring expeditions in Western Australia continued; 4. Sir Thomas Mitchell's fourth expedition. Discovery of the Barcoss; 5. Kennedy's explorations of the Barcoo and of the York Peninsula, 1847; 6. The expedition of Mr. Robert Austin, assistant surveyor, into the interior of Western Australia, in 1854; 7. Expedition for the exploration of Northern Australia in 1855–6, under the command of Mr. A. C. Gregory; 8. The expeditions of John McDouall Stuart, extending from Adelaide to the North Sea, from 1858 to 1862; 9. The exploring expedition of Victoria in 1860–1 under the command of Messrs. Burke and Wills; 10. Expedition in quest of that of Messrs. Burke and Wills, under the command of Mr. Alfred William Howitt; 11. The journey of Burke and Wills to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and return to Cooper's Creek; 12. The exploration expedition of Mr. McKinlay in search of Burke and Wills in 1861 and 1862; 13. Landsborough's expedition from the Gulf of Carpentaria in quest of Burke and Wills, 1861; 14. Mr. Frederick Walker's expedition in quest of Burke and Wills; 15. Expeditions of discovery in South Australia in 1856–57–58, and 59; 16. Exploring expeditions in South Australia in 1856–57–58, and 59, continued; 17. Augustus C. Gregory's expedition in quest of Dr. Leichhardt's remains; 18. Expeditions in Western Australia in 1858 and 1861, by Mr. Frank T. Gregory; 19. Expedition for bringing down the remains of Burke and Wills; 20. Conclusion of discovery in Australia; 21. Incidents of discovery and settlement in New Zealand; 22. Discovery of the insularity of the South Island; 23. Discoveries in the middle island continued; 24. Opening communication with the west coast.