Author: George Barrington
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Shrewd publishers exploited the famous name and presented a seamless and colourful assemblage cut from official journals, revealing the extent of close contact with aboriginal peoples, the treatment of convicts and discovery of unusual plants and animals. Bearing all the hallmarks of authenticity, Barrington's account gained a singular place in popular contemporary travel and exploration literature, providing the foundation for a long series of embellished and illustrated histories. Botany Bay's reputation for cruel deprivation often overshadowed tales of opportunity presented to the talented. Barrington's revival as a reformed convict helped transform his own image, while the narrative's insights into the rigours of transportation, the struggle for survival and daily life in the penal colony initiated a lively convict travel literature."--BOOK JACKET.
George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay
Author: George Barrington
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Shrewd publishers exploited the famous name and presented a seamless and colourful assemblage cut from official journals, revealing the extent of close contact with aboriginal peoples, the treatment of convicts and discovery of unusual plants and animals. Bearing all the hallmarks of authenticity, Barrington's account gained a singular place in popular contemporary travel and exploration literature, providing the foundation for a long series of embellished and illustrated histories. Botany Bay's reputation for cruel deprivation often overshadowed tales of opportunity presented to the talented. Barrington's revival as a reformed convict helped transform his own image, while the narrative's insights into the rigours of transportation, the struggle for survival and daily life in the penal colony initiated a lively convict travel literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Shrewd publishers exploited the famous name and presented a seamless and colourful assemblage cut from official journals, revealing the extent of close contact with aboriginal peoples, the treatment of convicts and discovery of unusual plants and animals. Bearing all the hallmarks of authenticity, Barrington's account gained a singular place in popular contemporary travel and exploration literature, providing the foundation for a long series of embellished and illustrated histories. Botany Bay's reputation for cruel deprivation often overshadowed tales of opportunity presented to the talented. Barrington's revival as a reformed convict helped transform his own image, while the narrative's insights into the rigours of transportation, the struggle for survival and daily life in the penal colony initiated a lively convict travel literature."--BOOK JACKET.
A voyage to Botany Bay with a description of the country, manners, customs, religion, &c. of the natives ; to which is added his life and trial
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783487267883
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783487267883
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Bibliography of Australia
Author: John Alexander Ferguson
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642990440
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642990440
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.
The Athenaeum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
The Celebrated George Barrington
Author: Nathan Garvey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of special interest is Garvey's authoritative bibliography of the Barrington books, with extensive notes and detailed collation details, destined to become a standard reference for librarians, scholars and booksellers. With more than eighty separate works noticed, this is the first comprehensive account of the Barrington books and the first to chart the publishing history of the works about and attributed to George Barrington, which have long remained a source of confusion for students of early Australian history. Elegantly printed in two-colours, and bound in red cloth with a full-colour dustjacket, the work includes some twenty-six illustrations, all taken from the early Barrington books.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of special interest is Garvey's authoritative bibliography of the Barrington books, with extensive notes and detailed collation details, destined to become a standard reference for librarians, scholars and booksellers. With more than eighty separate works noticed, this is the first comprehensive account of the Barrington books and the first to chart the publishing history of the works about and attributed to George Barrington, which have long remained a source of confusion for students of early Australian history. Elegantly printed in two-colours, and bound in red cloth with a full-colour dustjacket, the work includes some twenty-six illustrations, all taken from the early Barrington books.
Torch and Colonial Book Circular
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
An Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Rare Books for Sale at Prices Affixed
Author: Pickering & Chatto
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description