GREAT SOUTHERN LANDINGS An Anthology of Antipodean Travel edited by Jan Bassett

A wonderful book of 90 extracts of Australian travel writing dating from 1605 to the1990s. This is a used hardcover travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with just a little shelf wear and age, lovely clean white pages. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: The historian Jan Bassett has selected 90 extracts from the writings of notable explorers and imaginers of the Antipodes. These date from the sixteenth century to the 1990s. The anthology is arranged thematically and includes the following categories: Dreamers, Sailors, Artists and Critics, Scientists, Convalescents, Adventurers, Gold-seekers, Journalists, Political and Social Commentators, Missionaries, Sightseers, Sporting Figures, Entertainers and Expatriates. The range of authors is catholic: it includes Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Joseph Conrad, Kenneth Clark, Charles Darwin, Robin Hanbury Tenison, Herbert Hoover, Anthony Eden, Anthony Trollope, Mark Twain, Bruce Chatwin, Jan Morris, Harold Larwood, Germaine Greer and Peter Conrad. The editor provides a scholarly introduction and notes on each extract and author.

Book Details

Code: SKU611

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket

Pages: 328

Published: 1995 by Oxford University Press Melbourne

ISBN: 0195535820

Postage: $6.90

Price: AUD $9.00