Australia Twice Traversed, Vol. 1 of 2: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions Into an

Download or read book Australia Twice Traversed, Vol. 1 of 2: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions Into an written by Ernest Giles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Australia Twice Traversed, Vol. 1 of 2: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled From the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions Into and Through Central South Australia, and Western Australia, From 1872 to 1876 On the subject of the wonderful resources of Australia I am not called upon to enlarge, and surely all who have heard her name must have heard also of her gold, copper, wool, wine, beef, mutton, wheat, timber, and other products; and if any other evidence were wanting to Show what Australia really is, a Visit to her cities, and an experience of her civilisation, not forgetting the great revenues of her different provinces, would dispel at once all previous inaccurate impressions of those who, never having seen, perhaps cannot believe 1n the existence of them. In the course of this work my reader will easily discover to whom it is dedicated, without a more formal statement under such a heading. The preface, which may seem out of its place, is merely such to my own journeys. I thought it due to my readers and my predecessors in the Australian field of discovery, that I should giyea rapid epitome (which may contain some minor errors) of what they had done, and which is here put forward by way of introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.