Incomparable Captain Cadell 1st Edition by John Nicholson ISBN 9781741141085 1741141087
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ISBN 10: 1741141087
ISBN 13: 9781741141085
Author: John Nicholson
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 end his days behind a desk. On the move again, he explored parts of Australia s northern coastline, directed miniature navel operations on the Waikato River during the Maori Wars, and then gravitated back to the tropical waters of Australia s pearling coast where he met his bizarre and untimely end.
This is a tale of courage, enterprise and ultimately murder, illuminating a fascinating era in Australia s history and the life of a truly enigmatic man.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. The Firth of Forth: Growing Up among Ships
Chapter 2. The River Thames: Preparing for Sea
Chapter 3. The Minerva: To the End of the Earth and Back
Chapter 4. The Pearl River: In the Service of Empire
Chapter 5. The Royal Sovereign: Glimpses of the Future
Chapter 6. The Murray River: An Opportunity Goes Begging
Chapter 7. The Forerunner: A Canvas Boat on the Murray River
Chapter 8. The Queen of Sheba: Building a Clipper
Chapter 9. The Lady Augusta: The Pioneer of the Murray
Chapter 10. The Albury and the Gundagai: A Man of Substance
Chapter 11. The Darling River: Death of a Transport Empire
Chapter 12. The Waikato River: Another Colonial War
Chapter 13. The Eagle: The Explorer
Chapter 14. The Trois Amis: South Sea Trader and Blackbirder
Chapter 15. The Gem: Pearl Shell, Slavery and Bloody Murder
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