The Last Blank Spaces

The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality.

שנה

2013

שפה

English

הוצאה

Harvard University Press

מהדורות

4

עמודים

365

ISBN

9780674074972

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata