{"product_id":"the-history-of-discovery-in-australia-tasmania-and-new-zealand-from-the-earliest-date-to-the-present-day-paperback-9781108029490","title":"The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand; From the Earliest Date to the Present Day (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029490","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1865, this two-volume history describes the European exploration and settlement of Australia and New Zealand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Howitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029490, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe prolific writer William Howitt (1792–1879) embarked for Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration. Published in 1865, when New Zealand had only been recognised as a country for a generation, this two-volume work describes 'scenes of danger and of wild romance, of heroic daring and devoted deaths, such as few countries have to show'. It gives a valuable account of early European exploration and settlement in Australia and New Zealand as well as insights into European travellers' responses to this previously unknown continent. Volume 1 covers the early voyages of discovery to the Antipodes made by explorers including Abel Tasman and Captain Cook, and later expeditions up to the 1840s, including Fitzroy and Darwin's voyage around Australia and New Zealand aboard the Beagle.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Progress of discovery towards and in Australia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Discoveries of the Dutch\u003cbr\u003e 3. Discoveries of Dampier\u003cbr\u003e 4. Discoveries of Captain Cook in Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, from 1768 to 1770\u003cbr\u003e 5. Visits of Captains de Surville, St. Alouarn, and Marion du Fresne to Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand in 1768 and 1772\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Voyage of Cook and Furneaux, January, 1772 to 1774, in which Cook repeatedly visited New Zealand, and Captain Furneaux visited New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land\u003cbr\u003e 7. La Perouse, and the voyages in quest of him\u003cbr\u003e 8. Discoveries on the coasts of Australia and Van Diemen's Land betwixt 1788 and 1795, or betwixt the periods of Cook and Flinders\u003cbr\u003e 9. The founding of Sydney, and the consequent discoveries of Bass's Straits, etc., by Bass and Flinders\u003cbr\u003e 10. The survey of the south-eastern and northern coasts of Australia by Captain Flinders\u003cbr\u003e 11. Impulse of discovery given by the settlement of Sydney\u003cbr\u003e 12. The settlement of Tasmania and subsequent discoveries\u003cbr\u003e 13. Commencement of progress into the interior of New South Wales. Evans's expedition. Oxley's two expeditions\u003cbr\u003e 14. Discoveries of the Murrumbidgee River\u003cbr\u003e of the Port Phillip district, by Hume and Hovell\u003cbr\u003e of the Pandora Pass and Liverpool Plains\u003cbr\u003e and of the Brisbane River\u003cbr\u003e 15. The two expeditions of Captain Charles Sturt into the interior of Australia, for tracing the courses of the Macquarie and Murrumbidgee, and ending in the discovery of the Darling and the Murray in the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831\u003cbr\u003e 16. Surveys of the Australian coasts by Captains King, Stokes, Fitzroy, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 17. The three expeditions of Major, afterwards Sir Thomas, Mitchell for the discovery of the River Kindur, in Eastern Australia\u003cbr\u003e for ascertaining the junction of the Darling with the Murray, and for the exploration of the district of Port Phillip, now Victoria\u003cbr\u003e 18. The second expedition of Major Mitchell, being to the Darling, in 1835\u003cbr\u003e 19. The third expedition of Major Mitchell to the Darling and Murray, and across Australia Felix, now Victoria, in 1836\u003cbr\u003e 20. Settlement of Port Phillip by Batman and his associates\u003cbr\u003e 21. Voyages of Captain Wickham, Fitzroy, and Stokes, in the Beagle, round the Australian coasts, from 1837 to 1843\u003cbr\u003e 22. Discoveries in north-west and western Australia between the years 1837 and 1840, by Lieutenants Grey and Lushington\u003cbr\u003e 23. Second expedition of Captain Grey, namely to Shark's Bay\u003cbr\u003e discovery of the River Gascoyne\u003cbr\u003e 24. The expeditions of Mr. Eyre into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840–1\u003cbr\u003e 25. Overland journey to King George's Sound.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Australasian%20\u0026amp;%20Pacific%20history%20%5BHBJM%5D%22\"\u003eHBJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266019840280,"sku":"9781108029490","price":36.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029490i.jpg?v=1694873576","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-of-discovery-in-australia-tasmania-and-new-zealand-from-the-earliest-date-to-the-present-day-paperback-9781108029490","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}