Nick Brodie

Don’t know why

Could not get through this

Big Ship

A thoroughly interesting history of European pre-Colonial encounters in Greater Australasia.
Brodie uses a number of primary sources, especially the journals of Cook and others.
The book brings up many questions around contact, influence, trade and the perils and frustrations of exploration and being explored.

Great local history with depth of research in archives to round out the story of misadventure in the high country in1928.

If only the author had woven a narrative using the impressive collection of facts and reports he's assembled. Instead it's a jumble, a chore to plough through.