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The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume III (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume III (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series
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Ludwig Leichhardt is chiefly known as the most important of the
scientific explorers of Australia. His lively but detailed letters
provide a narrative of his life from his student days in the
mid-1830s until 1848 when he disappeared in the Australian
interior. Leichhardt's main interest was natural philosophy,
particularly biology, geology and geography, but as a scholar of
nature in the widest sense, he closely observed and recorded many
aspects of the surrounding world, describing social life in early
Victorian England and commenting on some of the leading teachers
and philosophers of the day. However, the primary purpose of his
studies in German, England, Paris and Naples was to equip himself
as a scientific explorer. The idea of exploring Australia was
evolved and closely planned with his great friend William
Nicholson. Leichhardt sailed for Australia in 1841. Volume 2 of
this work describes his scientific reconnaissance in eastern
Australia, undertaken alone during 2 years. The final volume is
concerned with his major explorations: the successful expedition to
Port Essington in northern Australia, during which he investigated
the topography, geology and botany of the country, and his last two
attempts to cross the continent from East to West. His last party
disappeared without trace in 1848. Mr Aurousseau has collected
together all Leichhardt's known letters, and translated those
written in German, French or Italian. He provides a brief account
of Leichhardt's life, a chronology of his movements and a
bibliography of works relating to him. Leichhardt has been the
object of much ill-informed criticism, and the editor's main
purpose is to establish an authentic text, enabling the man to
speak for himself. These letters also prepare the way for the
publication of Leichhardt's journal. Full texts of all letters,
together with translations of those in German, French and Italian.
This volume covers Leichardt's major exploration, from 1844 until
his disappearance in 1848, with a table of subsequent events.
Continued from the previous volumes (Second Series 133, 134), with
which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new
print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in
1968.
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