The Explorers by Tim Flannery

The Explorers by Tim Flannery

A lively collection of extraordinary stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia. Editor Tim Flannery selects sixty-seven accounts that convey the sense of wonder and discovery, along with the human dimensions of struggle and deprivation, which occurred in the exploration of the last continent to be fully mapped by Europeans. Beginning with the story of Dutch captain Willem Janz's 1606 expedition at Cape York -- the bloody outcome of which would sadly foreshadow future relations between colonists and Aboriginal peoples -- and running through Robyn Davidson's 1977 camelback ride through the desolate Outback deserts, The Explorers bristles with the enterprise that Flannery explains as heroic, for nowhere else did explorers face such an obdurate country.

Tim Flannery is a conservationist, explorer, and scientist. He has over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications to his credit, as well as numerous books, including the international blockbuster The Weather Makers>o? He was elected Australian of the Year in 2007 and served as the president of the Australian Climate Change Commission from 2011 to 2013.

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ISBN 13	9781875847723
ISBN 10	1875847723
Title	The Explorers
Author	Tim Flannery
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Text Publishing
Year published	1998-11-01
Number of pages	400
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