Pp. 248, 12 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), endpaper maps printed in blue, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More about THE EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC
Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+476+xviii+406, with a total of 102 plates (16 coloured, including the frontispieces), a few text figures and maps (1 folding, printed in brown & red), appendices, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a couple of fore-corners faintly bruised;... More about THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS, 1768-1771
Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and... More about THE LOG OF THE BOUNTY
The life of Jean Louis Burckhardt. Pp. 448(last blank), coloured frontispiece plus 32 black & white plates, text illustrations, 2 full page maps plus coloured endpaper maps, bibliography, reference notes, glossary, notes, index; edges of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, the backstrip faded; edges of... More about DESERT TRAVELLER
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More about LIKE AS THE WAVES
The Adventures of Ludwig Leichhardt and John Gilbert. Pp. xxii+306, 16 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, full page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased, with publicity wrap-around (also lightly creased); inked ownership inscription on upper free... More about STRANGE JOURNEY
The Journals of Lieutenants Elliott and Pickersgill. Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, head of spine and edges of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed... More about CAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE:
Botanist and explorer. Pp. x+148(last blank), 4 plates, full page maps, references, bibliography, index; cloth a trifle flecked; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, backstrip faded, edges lightly rubbed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. More about ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
the first settlement, and the early coastal exploration of the continent. Pp. [x]+138, 16 plates, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, edges a trifle rubbed; inscription on upper free endpaper; Cassell, Melbourne, 1970. First trade edition. More about A BOOK COLLECTOR'S NOTES on items relating to the discovery of Australia
preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson. With engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 100+[2](map, colophon), 9 wood engravings printed in dark green, full page map, chronological table; narrow roy. 4to; green canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, the... More about MATTHEW FLINDERS' NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS: 1798
Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellingshausen. Pp. xviii+324+[2](advertisements), 47 plates (including several maps, 3 of which are folding) plus a large folding map in pocket at end, sources, index; boards a trifle scuffed, the spine cloth slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn and quite torn, the back panel lightly foxed; inked... More about THE DISCOVERERS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
. Pp. 336, illustrated in colour and black & white, text plus endpaper maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in brown, the boards slightly canted, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of light bruises; top edges green; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed... More about THE BLIND HORN'S HATE
The story of the epic of exploration by Hume and Hovell, with party, October - December, 1824. Pp. [32](last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations and maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip slightly faded, small surface chip to fore-edge of upper wrapper, ownership sticker on verso of upper... More about OVERLAND TO PORT PHILLIP BAY
The Lives and Association of John Hunter (1728-1793), The Surgeon; James Cook (1728-1779), The Navigator; and Joseph Banks (1743-1820), The Naturalist. Foreword by Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt. Pp. 80, 4 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and text illustrations, endpaper map, appendices, notes, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper... More about FELLOWSHIP OF THREE
Three centuries of exploration, discovery, and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents.... In two volumes. Pp. xvi+366+xiv+367-768, 29 plates (including frontispiece with..... More about NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA
Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers; and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under... More about UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS
Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers; and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under... More about UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS
Pp. 160, 12 plates, 2 full page maps, table of dates, suggestions for further reading, index; spine extremities and bottom fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges rubbed; a little light foxing; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1970. First edition. *The history of African exploration 'from the Egyptians to the Victorians' [cover blurb]. More about EXPLORERS INTO AFRICA
The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific. Drawings by Walter Stackpool. Pp. [x]+212+[2](last blank), text illustrations, 4 text maps (1 double-page), endpaper map, bibliography; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, laminate lifting, edges slightly creased and split; small marks to fore-edges of leaves, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Doubleday, Sydney... More about FROM MAUI TO COOK
Pp. 176, 24 plates, several tailpiece illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; Terence Dalton Limited, Lavenham, Suffolk, 1975. First edition. *David Blackburn, of Norfolk Island descent, was Master of H.M.S. Armed Tender Supplywhen it joined the fleet to sail from Portsmouth to Botany Bay in 1787. A.... More about BLACKBURN'S ISLE
A voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798-1800. Transcribed and edited with an Introduction by Pamela Jeanne Fulton. Pp. xviii+292(last colophon, verso blank), 15 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette, 3 full page maps, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper with coloured pictorial... More about THE MINERVA JOURNAL OF JOHN WASHINGTON PRICE
Pp. xxiv+372+[2](colophon, verso blank), text illustrations and maps (some full page), endpaper map printed in blue, notes, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt, large coloured pictorial onlay on upper board; within navy cloth slipcase with printed title label on spine, the cloth slightly..... More about THE SPANISH LAKE
to ascertain the position of the 141st degree of East Longitude, being the boundary line between New South Wales and South Australia. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 16(last blank)+xx(appendix), 2 folding tinted maps in pocket at end; roy. 8vo; qr. brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, Cockerell marbled papered boards; Queensberry Hill..... More about REPORT OF AN EXPEDITION
The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Pp. 304, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, double page map, appendices, references, index; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1985. First paperback edition. *The story of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, led by..... More about MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS
landscape artist on board H.M.S. Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia by Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. in 1801-1803. Edited by T. M. Perry and Donald H. Simpson. Pp. [viii]+72(last blank), 2 coloured plates plus black & white frontispiece portrait and numerous plates following the text, 1 text illustration, 9 maps..... More about DRAWINGS by William Westall