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The Incomparable Captain Cadell
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The Incomparable Captain Cadell Hardcover - 2004

by John Nicholson


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  • Title The Incomparable Captain Cadell
  • Author John Nicholson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 307
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sue Hines Book, Australia
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781741141085 / 1741141087
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 6.06 x 1.03 in (21.79 x 15.39 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004444889
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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John Nicholson is the author of "Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge," "Explorers of Australia," "First Fleet," and "The Mighty Murray."
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The Incomparable Captain Cadell

The Incomparable Captain Cadell

by John Nicholson

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Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2004. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. In an age when exploration was at its peak, Francis Cadell s career reads like the quintessential boy s own adventure. Born and raised on the Leith waterfront into a large family of ambitious achievers, he was lured early to a life on the high seas. In 1836 at the age of fourteen, he sailed to China where he ran supplies and ammunition to the besieged city of Canton during the Opium Wars. He then made his way to the Americas where he paddled up the Amazon in a canoe and tried his luck on the Californian goldfields. From there to South-East Asia, India and finally Australia where he settled down long enough to indulge his growing obsession with both steam technology and big rivers. Establishing a paddle steamer fleet on the Murray-Darling river system, this now legendary transport system carried vital supplies to men like Burke and Wills as they struggled to open up the interior. But it was never Cadell s destiny to… Read More
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