Great Australian journeys : gripping stories of intrepid explorers, dramatic escapes and foolhardy adventures / Explorers Travelers Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers
Seal, Graham, 1950-
Great Australian journeys : gripping stories of intrepid explorers, dramatic escapes and foolhardy adventures / Graham Seal. - [Large print edition] - vi, 415 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Read how you want 16. . - Read how you want 16. .
Optimized reading formats. Set in 16 point Verdana. Copyright page from the original book.
Includes bibliographical references.
ANTHOLOGIES (NON-POETRY). AUSTRALIAN. Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered together a gripping collection of famous and lesser-known journeys by land, sea and air in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As Warren Fahey writes in his foreword, 'Some journeys, like those of Burke and Wills, Lasseter's First Find, and the razing of the riverboat Rodney, are relatively well known. Others, mostly unknown, are tales of bravado, determination and, sometimes, sheer madness. From the comfort and safety of your armchair you can join some of Australia's bravest and also some of its most foolhardy men and women in their adventures.
9781525238338 9781760291013
Explorers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Travelers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Voyages and travels--Australia--19th century.
Voyages and travels--Australia--20th century.
Adventure and adventurers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Australia--History--Miscellanea.
Australia--Discovery and exploration.
Australia--Description and travel.
Australia--History--19th century.
Australia--History--20th century.
Large type books.
Great Australian journeys : gripping stories of intrepid explorers, dramatic escapes and foolhardy adventures / Graham Seal. - [Large print edition] - vi, 415 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Read how you want 16. . - Read how you want 16. .
Optimized reading formats. Set in 16 point Verdana. Copyright page from the original book.
Includes bibliographical references.
ANTHOLOGIES (NON-POETRY). AUSTRALIAN. Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered together a gripping collection of famous and lesser-known journeys by land, sea and air in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As Warren Fahey writes in his foreword, 'Some journeys, like those of Burke and Wills, Lasseter's First Find, and the razing of the riverboat Rodney, are relatively well known. Others, mostly unknown, are tales of bravado, determination and, sometimes, sheer madness. From the comfort and safety of your armchair you can join some of Australia's bravest and also some of its most foolhardy men and women in their adventures.
9781525238338 9781760291013
Explorers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Travelers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Voyages and travels--Australia--19th century.
Voyages and travels--Australia--20th century.
Adventure and adventurers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Australia--History--Miscellanea.
Australia--Discovery and exploration.
Australia--Description and travel.
Australia--History--19th century.
Australia--History--20th century.
Large type books.