A New Land: European Perceptions of Australia, 1788-1850
by Stephen Martin
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Drawn from a selection of manuscript sources such as letters and diaries written by convicts, settlers, explorers, travellers and scientists, this book gives an insight into how colonial Europeans saw the Australian environment. Illustrated with a wide array of contemporary drawings and paintings. Includes a foreword by the science commentator Robyn Williams.Tags
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Stephen Martin is Professor of Industrial Organization at the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam.
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- Nonfiction, History
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- 994.02 — History & geography History of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Polar regions Australia Period of settlement and growth, 1788-1851
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- DU122 .E87 .M37 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Oceania (South Seas) History of Oceania (South Seas) Australia Ethnography
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