The hero as murderer: the life of Edward John Eyre, Australian explorer and governor of Jamaica, 1815-1901.

The hero as murderer: the life of Edward John Eyre, Australian explorer and governor of Jamaica, 1815-1901.

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Author / Creator:Dutton, Geoffrey.
Imprint:[Sydney, London] Collins; Melbourne, Cheshire [1967]
Description:416 pages front, 6 plates (including portraits) maps 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Eyre, Edward John, -- 1815-1901.
Eyre, Edward John, -- 1815-1901.
Insurrection (Jamaica : 1865)
Discoveries in geography.
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
Jamaica -- History -- Insurrection, 1865.
Australia.
Jamaica.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1969517
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Notes:Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-408).
Summary:Edward John Eyre was probably one of the most misrepresented men in the history of 19th century colonialism. His career was a paradox. Celebrated to this day in Australia as one of the great explorers, he was later in his life reviled by the leading British liberal intellectuals as a monster of cruelty and oppression.
Other form:Online version: Dutton, Geoffrey. Hero as murderer. [Sydney, London] Collins; Melbourne, Cheshire [1967]

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