A journey to Cooper's Creek

著者

書誌事項

A journey to Cooper's Creek

Hermann Beckler ; translated by Stephen Jeffries and Michael Kertesz ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen Jeffries

（Miegunyah Press series, no. 13）

Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, in association with the State Library of Victoria, 1993

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全1件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Folded map attached to p. [3] of cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

First-hand accounts of the myth-laden Burke and Wills expedition are remarkably few, in contrast to the reams of subsequent commentary and conjecture. Wills's journal and statements by others in the party were published at the time, but little more. Hermann Beckler, botanical collector and doctor to the expedition, wrote the only other substantial account, in his native German. The manuscript remained with his family for nearly a century. It is now published for the first time. This highly readable account, with drawings and maps, offers insights into the causes of the expedition's failurea "an ill-chosen leader and route, and inappropriate and excessive supplies. In increasingly desperate conditions Beckler collected and identified the native flora, and recorded vivid and positive descriptions of the landscape and the Aboriginal people. His acute observations indicate what might have been achieved had the expedition pursued its scientific brief.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献： 1件中  1-1を表示

  • Miegunyah Press series

    Melbourne University Press, at the Miegunyah Press , International Specialized Book Services [distributor]

詳細情報

ページトップへ