The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Tapa blanda - 1982

Sydne, Pan Books, 1982. Paperback in very good condition.
A facsimile of the first 1906 edition, an historical study investigating European explorations of Australia and New Guinea.

Sydney. 1982. Pan Books.. 1982. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 original, with an introduction by Professor O.H.K. Spate and a foreword by Kenneth Gordon McIntyre. XXII, 126pp, (4 adv.) PP with 1 drawing and 10 maps in colour, 14 maps, and 34 illustrations in b/w. very good, remainder stamp on bottom edge. .

Pan Books (Australia) Pty Limited, Sydney, 1982. Facsimile Edition of original first published 1906 by William Brooks & Company. Softcover (13 x 20 cm), xxii, 126 pages. ISBN: 0330270389. Good condition. Bumped, rubbed/scuffed, soiled. Creased, most notably at corners. Pages tanning. "In 1895 George Collingridge published 'The Discovery of Australia', the first full-length historical study to investigate early European explorations of Australia's coastline. His work is based on a series of maps known as the Dieppe maps, produced in France between 1536-66 which show a large landmass named 'Jave-la-Grande' between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and are believed to have been drawn from Portuguese originals. In 1906 Collingridge produced a revised and abridge edition, 'The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea'. However, due to an unhappy turn of events, the book was not a success. This facsimile edition, with a new Foreword and Introduction by two… Leer más

Sydney; Pan; 1982 facsimile ed. paperback in good condition, pages tanned, owner's namestamp on first page. 126 pages, colour and b/w illusts, facsimile of 1906 edition

Pan, 1982. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 126 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; Papua New Guinea; Exploration. ISBN: 0330270389. ISBN/EAN: 9780330270380. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 31830. . 9780330270380

Pan Books, 1982. Paperback. Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.