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The Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery
Graham Seal
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Description for The Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
For centuries before the arrival in Australia of Captain Cook and the so-called First Fleet in 1788, intrepid seafaring explorers had been searching, with varied results, for the fabled Great Southland. In this enthralling history of early discovery, Graham Seal offers breathtaking tales of shipwrecks, perilous landings, and Aboriginal encounters with the more than three hundred Europeans who washed up on these distant shores long before the land was claimed by Cook for England. The author relates dramatic, previously untold legends of survival gleaned from the centuries of Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Indonesian voyages to Australia, and ... Read more
For centuries before the arrival in Australia of Captain Cook and the so-called First Fleet in 1788, intrepid seafaring explorers had been searching, with varied results, for the fabled Great Southland. In this enthralling history of early discovery, Graham Seal offers breathtaking tales of shipwrecks, perilous landings, and Aboriginal encounters with the more than three hundred Europeans who washed up on these distant shores long before the land was claimed by Cook for England. The author relates dramatic, previously untold legends of survival gleaned from the centuries of Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Indonesian voyages to Australia, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
690g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300220414
SKU
V9780300220414
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Ref
99-50
About Graham Seal
Graham Seal is professor of folklore at Curtin University, Western Australia, and the author of the Australian bestseller Great Australian Stories.
Reviews for The Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery
Seal's spirited account of these early adventurers inspires both admiration and regret. -Jon Wright, Geographical
Jon Wright
Geographical
Jon Wright
Geographical