The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand

From the Earliest Date to the Present Day

By:

William Howitt

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania

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The 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 2 begins in the mid-1840s, and focuses on the 1861 disappearance in Australia of Burke and Wills, the expeditions searching for them (including one led by Howitt's son), and visits to New Zealand by explorers including Charles Heaphy and Julius Haast.

Release date Australia

June 23rd, 2011

Author

William Howitt

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 maps

Pages

488

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania

Dimensions

140x216x28

ISBN-13

9781108029506

Product ID

10419112

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