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[Wells, L. A.]. Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring…
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22-Oct-2017
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[Wells, L. A.]. Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the request and expense of Albert F. Calvert, Esq., F.R.G.S., London, for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia. Perth, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, p. 62, [ii], with large folding map and text illustrations, quarter calf., The first publication of the leader's complete journal of this tragic Western Australian expedition. Setting out from Mullewa, north of Geraldton, in July, 1896, and heading north-east then north to the Fitzroy River, the exploring party traversed some 3000 kilometres of almost waterless desert before two of their number went missing. Four relief expeditions were mounted but it was Wells himself who finally found their bodies months later.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents