We Discovered an Island Tapa blanda - 1980

Booragoon: Regency Publications, 1980. 180 pages, b/w photos, charts, glossary, bibliography, index. Prev owner's name stamp on the title and contents pages. Prelims, endpages and page edges lightly foxed. Pictorial card cover slightly soiled. The story of Australia's discovery and maritime exploration from the early, accidental encounters to the hydrographical surveys of the Royal Australian Navy. The book lists some 1,500 coastal features showing how each received its name.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Regency Publications, Perth, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 300 g; 180 pages, includes a glossary of terms used, bibliography, index, (coastal features & general). Illustrated with charts, drawings, and photographs. Illustrated softcover binding. Previous owner's details at the bottom right-hand corner of the 1st page. Errata slip pasted to the verso of the 1st page. This book is an attempt to trace the early encounters by Europeans and the many expeditions which were planned to discover the Southland. It follows those discoveries which led to colonisation of Australia by the English and the maritime expeditions launched by the French and the English after colonisation which attempted to complete the mapping of his throwing coastline. No particular encounter all expedition has been dealt with in minute detail." -- Page 8. Following the account of each sighting or journey of exploration is a list of coastal features named by… Leer más

Booragoon, Regency first edition - paperback, stiff card covers The story of the eventual discovery of the World's largest island unfolds with accounts of the many Spanish, Portugese and Dutch attempts to discover and chart the coast, the ships which their doom on its reef-riddled shores, climaxing with the settlement by the British. Also included is a list of some 1,500 coastal features showing how each received its name. 210 x 145mm., pp. 180, biblio., index (Coastal Features), general index, paperback, stiff illus. card covers. VG+ ISBN: 0959496912

Regency Publications, 1980. Paperback. Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear, with small tear to top of spine - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.