Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia [Audiobook] download free by James Bell
- Listen audiobook: Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia
- Author: James Bell
- Release date: 2012/8/19
- Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781742377957
- Rating: 7.89 of 10
- Votes: 596
- Review by: Lilyana Barkley
- Review rating: 7.42 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/25
- Duration: 2H46M49S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-08
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, WavPack, WMA (compression RAR, ZIP, LHA, CHM)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 15M41S (4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited.The journey usually took 130 days, but due to the incompetence of the captain and the many misadventures encountered it took the Planter almost six months to reach its destination. Along the way it lost a crew, several passengers and much livestock; it gained a new crew and at least one extra passenger. The drunken brawls and licentious couplings horrified James Bell who, to while away the time, penned a detailed account of all the comings and goings for the eyes of 'C.P.' only, sternly advising her that 'it must never be read by a third party'.Sustained by his sense of adventure, his love of poetry, his faith in his Presbyterian God, his nostalgic memories of rural Scotland and particularly by his affection for 'C.P.', James Bell maintained a vivid and astute record of his historic journey. His voice travels down to us, more than a century and a half later, and reminds us of the dangers and joys of such an adventurous leap into the unknown.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military, Migration, Immigration & Emigration, Expeditions, Ships & Shipping, Diaries, Letters & Journals, Biography: General, Australasian & Pacific History, Memoirs, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Biography: Historical, Political & Military
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 15.72 USD
- Dimensions: 136x205x19mm
- Weight: 326g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: St Leonards, Australia
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