Thomas Baines, his life and explorations in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia, 1820-1875 / J.P.R.... - Catalogue (original) (raw)
Bib ID:
2025352
Format:
Book
Wallis, J. P. R. (John Peter Richard), 1880-1957
Edition:
[2nd ed.]
Description:
- Cape Town : A.A. Balkema, 1976
- xx, 235 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
0869610597
Summary:
p. 57 bartering of weapons for tobacco, handkerchiefs; description of spears, bows and arrows; canoes near Albany Island, Cape York; p. 62 encounter with Aborigines along Baines River Northern Territory; p. 65 exploration along Wickham River; obervation of flaking agate to make spearheads; digging ant-hills, for eggs and larvae; mussel gathering; use of wooden pegs for tree climbing; cooking of kangaroo and emu in bark; p. 67-68 ; Aborigines burning grass and tracking horses near explorer's camp; p. 69 horse theft; p. 84-85 attack by Aborigines pretending to trade turtle.
Notes:
- First published in 1941 under title: Thomas Baines of King's Lynn, explorer and artist, 1820-1875.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 225-227.
First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
- Indigenous peoples
- Trade and exchange
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Victoria River (North NT SD52, SE52)
- South Africa
- Goulburn Islands (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Zimbabwe
- Wessel Islands (East Arnhem Land NT SC53-15)
- Albany Island (Qld Far North Cape York SC54-12)
Subject:
- Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875
- Explorers -- England -- Biography
- Explorers -- South Africa -- Biography
- Explorers -- Australia -- Biography
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Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
1957
Published status:
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Publication date:
1941
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