In August 1844, a heavily-laden party led by Captain Charles Sturt set out from Adelaide to head into the unexplored vastness of central Australia. Sturt was convinced that he would find an inland sea and so make his reputation. This book presents his diaries of the trip. 'The book is anther publication in the prestigious Hakluyt Society series, and it has an excellent introductory essagy by the editor, Richard C. Davies of the University of Calgary. The generous botanical, zooological, topographical and ethnographical annotations make this volume a very rich source for those researching the exploration of Australia or undertaking comparative Indigenous relations/First Nation studies.' The Northern Mariner