The Last Blank Spaces : : Exploring Africa and Australia / / Dane Kennedy.
For a British Empire that stretched across much of the globe at the start of the nineteenth century, the interiors of Africa and Australia remained intriguing mysteries. The challenge of opening these continents to imperial influence fell to a proto-professional coterie of determined explorers. They...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 15 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Chapter 1. Continents
- Chapter 2. Sciences
- Chapter 3. Professionals
- Chapter 4. Gateways
- Chapter 5. Logistics
- Chapter 6. Intermediaries
- Chapter 7. Encounters
- Chapter 8. Celebrities
- Epilogue
- Comparative Timeline of African and Australian Expeditions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index