Project Gutenberg 2012-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 88 Grimm, George 04002213 The Australian Explorers: Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements Being a Narrative of Discovery from the Landing of Captain Cook to the Centennial Year Produced by Paul Mitchell, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Australian Explorers: Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements" by George Grimm is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles the journeys of the explorers who contributed to the mapping and understanding of Australia, starting from Captain Cook's landing to the centennial year. The book delves into the adventures, challenges, and discoveries faced by these early explorers, providing a narrative that is both informative and engaging for anyone interested in Australia's history. The opening of the book establishes a compelling purpose behind the narrative, emphasizing the need to remember the feats of bravery and hardship that characterized early Australian exploration. The author argues for the importance of keeping alive the memory of these explorers, who often risked their lives in remote and unforgiving landscapes. Grimm shares personal motivations for documenting these tales, reflecting on his own experiences traveling through regions explored by these pioneering figures. The preface serves as an introduction to the significance of exploration in shaping Australia, setting the stage for the detailed accounts of various expeditions that follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41270/41270-h/images/frontcover.jpg en Australia -- Discovery and exploration Explorers -- Australia DU Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 452694 452547 2024-09-17T10:39:22.259360 2023-09-18T05:43:17.006754 text/html text/html 447144 2012-11-11T09:20:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 319197 2012-11-11T09:21:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 353465 2024-09-17T10:39:28.504309 application/epub+zip 357930 2024-09-17T10:39:23.453343 application/epub+zip 210768 2024-09-17T10:39:22.893330 application/epub+zip 493043 2024-09-17T10:39:33.006794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447276 2024-09-17T10:39:27.951317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300205 2022-09-18T19:51:34.885203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393626 393400 2024-09-17T10:39:21.494403 2023-09-18T05:43:16.309767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 393164 2012-11-11T09:20:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 147073 2012-11-11T09:21:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393204 2012-11-11T09:20:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 147011 2012-11-11T09:21:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20074 2024-09-17T10:39:33.162759 application/rdf+xml 13790 2024-09-17T10:39:23.015315 image/jpeg 2245 2024-09-17T10:39:22.951327 image/jpeg 332562 2024-09-17T10:39:22.308349 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog