My Father's Islands: Abel Tasman's Heroic Voyages
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| ISBN-13 |
9780642277367 |
| ISBN-10 |
0642277362 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Showing available at publisher; usually ships 7-15 working days |
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| Publisher |
unlisted |
| Imprint |
National Library of Australia |
| Publication Date |
1 May 2012
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| Publication Country |
 Australia |
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| Format |
Paperback |
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| Author(s) |
By Mattingley, Christobel |
| Category |
Fiction (Child/Teen)
Historical Fiction
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| Interest Age |
4-12 years |
| Reading Age |
4-12 years |
| NBS Text |
Children's Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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| Number of Pages |
190 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 130mm
Height: 197mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
260005 |
Description of this Book
It is the 1640s and Claesgen lives in Batavia with her stepmother, Jannetje, waiting weeks, and sometimes months, for her father, Abel Tasman, to come back from his sea voyages. When he returns, Tasman delights his young daughter with tales of treacherous oceans and relentless wild weather, hazards of unseen coral reefs and endless days of empty ocean, encountersboth friendly and hostilewith indigenous peoples, murder and theft, and the threat of smugglers and pirates. Inspired by a 1637 painting of the Tasman family by Jacob Cuyp and meticulously researched, My Fathers Islands is a fictional story told through the voice of Claesgen. Tasmans young daughters curiosity about her fathers life takes the reader on his voyage on the unchartered seas of the Pacific Ocean, in the search for unknown lands and new sources of riches for the powerful trading company, the Dutch East India Company. My Fathers Islands opens up to children a significant, but little known, part of Australias historythe European discovery of parts of the Unknown South Land by the heroic explorer and navigator, Abel Janszoon Tasman.
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