Bright paradise : Victorian scientific travellers
Raby, Peter1997
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This book describes the intrepid scientific explorations which changed our ideas of the world. It describes the search for the North-West passage, the penetration of the Australian outback and the search for the sources of the Nile, Niger and Amazon.
Main title:
Bright paradise : Victorian scientific travellers / Peter Raby.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pimlico, 1997.
Collation:
276 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1996.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780712673921 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.922
Language:
English
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BRN:
11945