European imperial explorers

Author: David Somerville
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book is divided into different chapters, each focusing on a region. The use of images and photographs brings the stories to life, with specially drawn topographic maps. In the late 18th century, Australia posed a huge challenge to European explorers. It was a vast, new continent, scorching hot and unpredictable, inhabited by volatile indigenous tribes, and full of untapped potential for colonization and exploitation.