Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia

Leichhardt, Ludwig

An 1844-45 Overland Journey from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, with Natural History Observations

13,60 €

ISBN: 9788027379224

Breite: 15,2 cm

Höhe: 22,9 cm

Gewicht: 298 g

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Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia records Ludwig Leichhardt's arduous 1844-45 journey from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a traverse through regions then scarcely mapped by Europeans. Written as a field journal, the work combines daily narrative, geographical observation, botanical and zoological detail, and accounts of scarcity, illness, conflict, and endurance. Its style is sober, empirical, and often vividly immediate, placing it within the nineteenth-century literature of scientific exploration and colonial encounter. Leichhardt, a Prussian-born naturalist educated in the sciences in Europe, brought to Australia an Enlightenment faith in observation and classification. His training in botany, geology, and comparative natural history shaped both the expedition and the book: landscape is never mere backdrop, but evidence to be read. His outsider status in British colonial society also lent his writing a distinctive independence, even as it reflects the assumptions and limitations of its age. This journal is recommended to readers interested in exploration, environmental history, Australian colonial literature, and the making of scientific knowledge in the field. It is a demanding but rewarding primary text, valuable not only for its adventure but for its record of landscapes, cultures, and ambitions at a formative moment in Australian history.

Eigenschaften "Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia"

Format:	Taschenbuch / Softcover
Thema/BIC:	Reisen und Urlaub
Verlag:	e-artnow

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