JOHN KING Ireland's Forgotten Explorer - Australia's First Hero
de Villiers, Eric
- Usado
- Aceptable
- First
- Estado
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1908448040
- ISBN 13
- 9781908448040
- Librería
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WARRNAMBOOL, Victoria, Australia
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Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. Fine. 2012. First Edition. 1908448040 . In 1861 an Irish-born explorer emerged from the Australian outback, sole survivor of the country's greatest expedition. John King from Moy, Co. Tyrone, had crossed the arid continent and discovered tracts of rich, fertile land. With eight men dead, King''s triumph was one of the world''s great feats of endurance and thousands gathered to crown him Australia''s first hero ... Yet within weeks the handsome 22-year-old had been airbrushed from popular history. It was determined that King, an 'Irish working man' was an unsuitable champion and the two dead leaders of the party, the Anglo-Irish gentleman, Robert O''Hara Burke and English scientist William Wills, would be history's heroes. Mentally and physically, King was a better equipped explorer than Burke or Wills. Educated at a Quaker primary school, King lived through the Great Famine, graduated after seven years at a tough Dublin military college, fought in the Indian Mutiny and was a teacher, linguist, musician, army sharpshooter, horseman and camel handler.; 215 x 140mm; xii, 145 pages .
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- Título
- JOHN KING Ireland's Forgotten Explorer - Australia's First Hero
- Autor
- Villiers, Eric
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1908448040
- ISBN 13
- 9781908448040
- Editorial
- Ulster Historical Foundation
- Lugar de publicación
- Belfast
- Fecha de publicación
- 2012
- Palabras clave
- 1908448040
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biographical; Exploration;
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