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Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1
George Grey
390 pages~7 hr 47 min read29 chapters$4.99
George Grey landed on the northwest coast of Australia to explore country no map yet held. Volume one sets out under Lord Glenelg's auspices and pushes inland through heat, thirst, and unknown terrain, recording the land and its people as he goes. A young explorer's raw expedition diary. Strike out into uncharted Australia.
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- 1JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, DURING THE YEARS 1837, 1838, AND 1839,
- 2Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. DESCRIBING MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED, IMPORTANT, AND FERTILE DISTRICTS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS, ETC. ETC.
- 3GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Late Captain of the Eighty-third Regiment.
- 4IN TWO VOLUMES.
- 5VOLUME 1.
- 6LONDON: T. AND W. BOONE, 29 NEW BOND STREET. 1841.
- 7CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1.
- 8LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 9DEDICATION.
- 10TO THE LORD GLENELG, UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THE EXPEDITIONS RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES WERE UNDERTAKEN, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS ASSISTANCE, HIS COUNSELS, AND HIS KINDNESS, IN HIS HIGH PUBLIC STATION, AND WITH A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES.
- 11PREFACE.
- 12JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY.
- 13CHAPTER 1. COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXPEDITION. TENERIFE.
- 14CHAPTER 2. TO BAHIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
- 15CHAPTER 3. FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO HANOVER BAY.
- 16CHAPTER 4. HANOVER BAY.
- 17CHAPTER 5. AT HANOVER BAY.
- 18CHAPTER 6. HANOVER BAY AND ITS VICINITY.
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