AN OFFICER OF THE BLUE. Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea explorer, 1724-1772.
Pp. xviii+230(last blank), 28 plates (11 coloured), text maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; bottom edge of leaves a trifle marked; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *The French explorer Marion Dufresne reached Tasmania before the English. His..... More
