Isbn: 9781761069321 - clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to arnhem land of 1948 (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. With photographic illustrations, a very good copy. 'Here was I with the status of little more than a telephone mechanic, taking out the biggest scientific expedition in history'In this way the legendary Charles Mountford immodestly described his biggest assignment: to lead an expedition of American and Australian scientists to Arnhem Land in northern Australia, investigating traditional Aboriginal life and the tropical environment. What really happened when Charles Mountford led a quarrelsome team of Australian and American scientists to explore traditional Aboriginal life in Arnhem Land in 1948. ; 235 x 155mm; xxxviii, 458 pages.…