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 expedition was the first to encounter the Tasmanian aborigines, and was a precursor of the more famous voyages of La Perouse, d'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, and d'Urville. Item #158782
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