The adventures of Louis de Rougemont / as told by himself
- Bib ID:
- 7246579
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rougemont, Louis de, 1847-1921, author
- Description:
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- Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2016
- ©2016
- iv, 175 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780859056489 (paperback)
- 0859056481 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This work created a world sensation. The author recounts his early life, his education and his coming to Australia. The adventures were vouched for as fact, but as narrated they are beyond the bounds of credibility. After being shipwrecked in the Arafura Sea, he reaches Australia and marries the woman 'Yamba'. He spends nearly 30 years among the Aborigines of Northern and N-W Australia. The author, born in Switzerland in 1844, has been called the modern 'Munchausen' and this work has been compared to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
- Notes:
- First published 1898. Facsimile of the first edition.
- Subject:
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- Rougemont, Louis de, 1847-1921
- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848 -- Travel -- Australia, Northern
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Northern Territory -- Description and travel -- Fiction
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Cannibalism
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Cambridge Gulf (WA East Kimberley SD52-10)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1923
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1921
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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