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Author: John Stanley Cumpston
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 134
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Author: John Stanley Cumpston
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 134
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 35
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Day
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009-06-19
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 081086326X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen. Day brings the expeditions to life, expressing the desires that drove great sea captains deeper into turbulent waters searching for caches of spice, silks, and precious metals. Covers a wide variety of topics, including _ Seamen from eight nations _ The recovery of storm wrecked ships _ Diplomatic treaties _ Priority of discovery disputes _ Military and civil explorers and surveyors _ Topographical features _ Geographical terms and places _ Rivers and river system
Author: Ian Francis McLaren
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 332
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 81
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1134828357
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology, provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents, and raises important policy issues concerning development and the management of heritage.
Author: James Backhouse Walker
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 310
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Working Party on Marine Mammals
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9789251005149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William J Lines
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780520078307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaming the Great South Land is the first full-length landscape history of an entire continent occupied by one nation. It is also, in William Lines's telling, a brutal and controversial story. Examining the ways European society rapidly, radically transformed Australia's physical and human landscapes, the author writes candidly of repeated environmental devastation--from the early slaughter of seals and whales to the destructive spread of sheep, through gold rushes and land settlement to British nuclear tests and the modern mining and timber industries. Lines shows how Enlightenment ideas of progress, economic growth, and development were reconstructed on Australian soil, and how the promise of the conquest of nature became a mockery in fact, resulting in the mass dislocation and destruction of indigenous populations. This shocking narrative, thoroughly researched and accessibly written, combines environmental, social, and political history to hard-hitting effect. Taming the Great South Land is the first full-length landscape history of an entire continent occupied by one nation. It is also, in William Lines's telling, a brutal and controversial story. Examining the ways European society rapidly, radically transformed Australia's physical and human landscapes, the author writes candidly of repeated environmental devastation--from the early slaughter of seals and whales to the destructive spread of sheep, through gold rushes and land settlement to British nuclear tests and the modern mining and timber industries. Lines shows how Enlightenment ideas of progress, economic growth, and development were reconstructed on Australian soil, and how the promise of the conquest of nature became a mockery in fact, resulting in the mass dislocation and destruction of indigenous populations. This shocking narrative, thoroughly researched and accessibly written, combines environmental, social, and political history to hard-hitting effect.