First encounters
Subtitle: epic true stories of cultural collision and conquest
By: Joseph Cummins
Series: Lost and found in history; Lost and found in history
Publisher: Murdoch Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781741961430
Subjects: First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners; Cultural relations; History; Adventure and adventurers; Explorers; Discoveries in geography
Description: A book of first contact moments drawn from over 500 years of human exploration, adventure and discovery. Divided into sections such as 'Fabled Encounters in the Old World', 'The Great Southern Ocean', 'Fateful Encounters in the Heart of Africa', and 'First Contact in the Twentieth Century', this is a book filled with historical moments that have become the stuff of controversy, myth and legend. Some of the most powerful moments in history occur when two peoples, two cultures, previously unknown to each other, come together for the first time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fabled encounters in the Old World; title: Columbus and those who came after; title: Frontier encounters in America; title: The Great Southern Ocean; title: Fateful encounters in the heart of Africa; title: First contact in the twentieth century.