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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.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
Dr Jan Bassett is an Associate in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne.
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23.0 x 14.0cms, 328pp, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper The sections are: dreamers; sailors; artists & critics; scientists; convalescents; adventurers; gold-seekers; writers; political & social commentators; missionaries; sightseers; sporting figures; entertainers; expatriates. Nº de ref. del artículo: 141108
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 328 pages. This eclectic and quirky anthology collects nearly 100 excerpts from the writings of travelers and tourists who have visited the Antipodes: the islands of Australia and New Zealand and their neighbors. Ranging from the illuminating to the laughable, these selections from published writings have been chosen for . Nº de ref. del artículo: 1086af
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1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, base spine lightly rubbed, small scuff mark front cover, tiny dent bottom edge. 328 pp. The term Antipodes was originally used to refer to "places on the surface of the earth directly opposite each other", and later came to mean Australasia. Thousands of travellers from the northern hemisphere - from Francois Pelsaert, commander of the ill-fated Batavia, to Eric Newby and Jan Morris - have left records of their impressions of the Antipodes; some voyagers - Jonathan Swift, Samuel Butler and Jules Verne, for instance, travelled only in their minds, writing about imaginary voyages. Jan Bassett has collected a delightful selection of 90 extracts from the writings of notable visitors to and imaginers of the Antipodes. These date from about 1605 to the 1990s. Included are dreamers, sailors, adventurers, political commentators and sporting figures. Nº de ref. del artículo: 24836
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