Explorations in Australia: I.- Explorations in Search of Dr. Leichardt and Party. II.- From Perth to Adelaide, Around the Great Australian Bight. III.- From Champion Bay, Across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide. With an Appendix on the Condition of Western AustraliaS. Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 - 351 עמודים |
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