The Discovery of Australia
Author | : George Collingridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Collingridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kenneth Gordon McIntyre |
Publisher | : Medindie ; London : Souvenir Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brian Saunders |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2012-05-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0643106723 |
This book traces the discovery of Australia’s fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia’s fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work. Discovery of Australia’s Fishes is distinctive in that a biographic approach is integrated with chronological descriptions of the discovery of the Australian fish fauna. Many of northern Australia’s fishes are found in parts of the Indian and western Pacific oceans. The book covers the work of collectors who travelled outside Australia, together with that of the British and European zoologists who received and described their collections. The account ceases at 1930, the year the first modern checklist of Australian fishes was published. 2012 Whitley Award Commendation for Historical Zoology.
Author | : Peter Trickett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Argues that in 1522 - a century before the Dutch and 250 years before Captain Cook - the Portuguese discovered and mapped parts of Australia and New Zealand. Draws from primary and secondary historical sources, archaeological evidence and stories handed down through Aboriginal oral tradition.
Author | : George Arnold Wood |
Publisher | : Melborne, Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Albert Frederick Calvert |
Publisher | : London G. Philip 1893. |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Notes on early voyagers to southern seas & claimants to sighting Australia; list of 24 maps from 10c. to 1798 with notes Schouten & Le Maire (1616) compared inhabitants of New Guinea as superior to Aborigines; Abel Tasman (1642-4) names given by him, quotes from journal, map; W. Dampier (1688) impressions of the land, inhabitants, appearance, food supplies, weapons; second visit (1699), encounter with natives; Cooks discoveries (1770); Marion du Fresne (1772) arrived Tasmania; p.61-75; Cooks second & third voyages, copies of 10 letters; carved & stained shield from Botany Bay.
Author | : Samuel Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1865 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Barber |
Publisher | : National Library of Australia |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0642278091 |
The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro in his monastery on the island of San Michele in the Venetian lagoon. Now the centrepiece of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in St Marc’s Square in Venice, the map in its nearly 600-year history has never left Venice – until now. Renowned for its sheer size - over 2.3 metres square - and stunning colours, the map was made at a time of transition between the medieval world view and new knowledge uncovered by the great voyages of discovery. Brilliantly painted and illuminated on sheets of oxhide, the sphere of the Earth is surrounded by the sphere of the Ocean in the ancient way. Yet Fra Mauro included the latest information on exploration by Portuguese and Arab navigators. Commissioned by King Afonso V of Portugal, it is the last of the great medieval world maps to inspire navigators in the Age of Discovery to explore beyond the Indian Ocean.
Author | : Paul van Reyk |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2021-10-11 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1789144078 |
Spanning 65,000 years, this book provides a history of food in Australia from its beginnings, with the arrival of the first peoples and their stewardship of the land, to a present where the production and consumption of food is fraught with anxieties and competing priorities. It describes how food production in Australia is subject to the constraints of climate, water, and soil, leading to centuries of unsustainable agricultural practices post-colonization. Australian food history is also the story of its xenophobia and the immigration policies pursued, which continue to undermine the image of Australia as a model multicultural society. This history of Australian food ends on a positive note, however, as Indigenous peoples take increasing control of how their food is interpreted and marketed.