The Aborigines and Maori by Charles River Editors (.ePUB)
File Size: 6 MB
The Aborigines and Maori: The History of the Indigenous Peoples in Australia and New Zealand by Charles River Editors
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3,6 MB
Overview: A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained almost entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. From there, however, the subjugation of Australia would take place rapidly. Within 20 years of the first British settlements being established, the British presence in Terra Australis was secure, and no other major power was likely to mount a challenge. In 1815, Napoleon would be defeated at Waterloo, and soon afterwards would be standing on the barren cliffs of Saint Helena, staring across the limitless Atlantic. The French, without a fleet, were out of the picture, the Germans were yet to establish a unified state, let alone an overseas empire of any significance, and the Dutch were no longer counted among the top tier of European powers.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
Free Download links: