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Joseph Conrad, a voyage to Mauritius
In 1888 the barque Otago was commissioned to sail to Mauritius with general cargo and return with a cargo of sugar. As captain of the Otago, Joseph Conrad sought the permission of the owners to take the more difficult, but … Continue reading
Jan Poortenaar – An Artist in Java
When first we conceived the plan of spending an undefined period in that “Somewhere East of Suez” , where the tropical East stretches an arm of land three thousand miles long towards Australia, we did it with the light-hearted cheerfulness … Continue reading
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Tagged dutch east indies, Geertruida van Vladeracken-Poortenaar, ian burnet, jan poortenaar, java
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Book Review from the Joseph Conrad Society of America
The following is an extract from a book review in Joseph Conrad Today a publication of the Joseph Conrad Society of America. Ian Burnet’s book, published this year, is a very welcome addition to a complex area of Conrad’s life … Continue reading
Pulau Kumba is erupting! – Part 2
In 1849 the British naval ship, HMS Maeander, captained by Henry Keppel sailed from Singapore to Batavia (Jakarta) then to Australia, New Zealand and across to the Pacific coast of the United States. Pulau Kumba is located in the Flores … Continue reading
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Tagged flores sea, ian burnet, indonesian volcanoes, island volcanoes, oswald brierly, pulau kumba
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Joseph Conrad’s EASTERN VOYAGES – Book Review by Mark Heyward
The title caught my eye immediately: Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, Tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River. The cover, with its image of sailing ships and steamships in Singapore whet my appetite for a bookish journey back to some … Continue reading
A French Voyage to the Spice Islands 1838
From 1837 to 1840 the French vessels Astrolabe and Zellee commanded by Dumont d’Urville conducted a scientific expedition around the Pacific including a visit to the Moluccan Islands of Ternate, Ambon, Banda and Ceram. The official ship’s artist had died … Continue reading
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Tagged ambon, astrolabe, banda, ceram, ian burnet, maluku, moluccas, spice islands, ternate, zellee
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The Wallace Line – Nature’s Great Divide – ABC TV November 30 at 9:30pm
Australia Remastered returns to ABC in a 3 part series billed as Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide. Australia and Asia are divided by a narrow strait that separates the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok. Known as the Wallace line, it’s one of … Continue reading
Joseph Conrad’s EASTERN VOYAGES at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
I was recently invited to appear at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. Moderated by Virania Munaf the session has now been posted on YouTube and to view please follow this link: https://www.ianburnetbooks.com
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Tagged eastern voyages, ian burnet, Joseph Conrad, ubud writers and readers festival, UWRF
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Maps of the Pacific – the Tasman Map remastered
The remastered Tasman Map is now on view at the Maps of the Pacific exhibition which which is being held at the NSW State Library until April 2022. More than 12 months of conservation work has gone into preparing the … Continue reading
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Tagged abel tasman, ian burnet, Maps of the Pacific, Mitchell Library, state library nsw, the tasman map
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