"Explorations in Australia" by John McDouall Stuart offers a gripping firsthand account of one of the most remarkable journeys of exploration in Australian history. Through Stuart's detailed journal entries, readers are transported to the harsh and unforgiving terrain of the Australian Outback as he leads multiple expeditions to traverse the continent from south to north.In this captivating narrative, Stuart chronicles the challenges and triumphs of his expeditions, from navigating...

"Explorations in Australia" by John McDouall Stuart is a captivating account of the author's adventurous journeys through the uncharted territories of Australia. Stuart, a pioneering explorer, embarked on several expeditions to map the interior of the continent, facing numerous challenges such as harsh weather, difficult terrain, and limited supplies. His detailed observations and encounters with Indigenous peoples provide valuable insights into the land and its inhabitants, showcasing bot...

In "Explorations in Australia," John McDouall Stuart documents his remarkable journeys through the uncharted terrains of the Australian interior during the mid-19th century. Combining meticulous observations with an engaging narrative style, Stuart's work is a foundational text in the tradition of Australian exploration literature. The book provides both a vivid account of the landscape and a critical appreciation of the challenges faced by early explorers, including interactions with Indi...

The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia by the European newcomers who arrived at the last great habitable continent to be discovered. This comprehensive anthology begins with the initial seaborne forays of the sometime pirate Cap...

The classic adventure novel—and basis for the Disney film—from the author of Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth.After the Britannia is shipwrecked, Captain Grant casts a message in a bottle into the ocean and hopes for the best. When the bottle is found by Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland, they contact the captain's children, Mary and Robert. But the Scottish government refuses to launch a rescue exp...

In this collection you will find : 19 classics Novels -From the Earth to the Moon -Five Weeks in a Balloon -20,000 Leagues Under the Sea -Around the World in Eighty Days -Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar -The Mysterious Island -The Survivors of the Chancellor -A Journey into the Center of the Earth -The Underground City -Dick Sands the Boy Captain -Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon -Godfrey Morgan -Robur the Conqueror -Ticket No. "9672" -In the Year 2889 -Facing the Flag -An ...

The Jules Verne Anthology contains 45 individual works by Jules Verne, the peerless master of science fiction.Included are 29 complete novels from the celebrated series "Voyages Extraordinaires" (such as 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'Round the World in 80 Days'), plus 6 more entire novels, 9 rare short stories, and also Jules Verne's magisterial historical work detailing the lives of the great Explorers of the World.There are many works in this anthology that ha...

“The Northwest Passage Exploration Anthology”, features the first-hand personal accounts of explorers: Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, John Rae, John Franklin, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren Dease, William Edward Parry and Richard Hakluyt. This book charts the full history of the exploration of the legendary “Northwest Passage” – the sea-lane around the frozen Northern shore of the North American Continent.   Discovering this passage became an obsession for generations of explor...

Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic. He began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company as a surgeon in Moose Factory, Ontario, where he learned to survey, live off the land, and travel great distances on snowshoes. These skills served him well when, in 1846, he was charged with completing the geography of the northern shore of North America and set out on his first expedition. Some years later, while exploring the Boothia Peninsula i...

William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small boat and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to protection in Timor. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, sailed off with the "Bounty" in other purs...

Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation.With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative,...