The Last Blank Spaces
Subtitle: Exploring Africa and Australia
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: Mar 23, 2015
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780674503861
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: The Last Blank Spaces: Exploring Africa and Australia