Explorers of Australia by Ernest Favenc

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly tail front cover edge. Pages are sunned. Body text and binding are still very good.

A comprehensive chronicle of the early explorers who ventured throughout Australia and paved the way for future permanent settlement by white settlers. First published in 1908, this account charts all the major explorations of Australia - from the expeditions of the 1780s to those late 19th century journeys to the more inaccessible parts of the continent that had remained undiscovered or too difficult to reach.

Thee success or tragic failure of these intrepid explorers is graphically documented and no expedition is more infamous than the fateful 1860-61 trek across Australia by Robert Burke and his deputy Williams Wills.