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Adventures of a Native of Australia, when Astray from His Ship, the Barque Lynx (A Whaler), and His Consequent Cruise in a Boat on the Ocean. A True Narrative. Whaling Primitives Series Number One (1)
by Bradley, Jospeh; Cobcroft, Mervyn (editor)
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- Limited Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780959632156
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1988. iv, 97pp, index, map, sources, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. Foxing to endpapers/prelims/edges/ SIGNED with personalised iscription by editior on front free endpaper. Edition limited to 300 copies. Experiences of a Queensland whaler in Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay.. Signed & Inscribed by Editor.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
$33.82
Running the Palestine Blockade. The Last Voyage of the Paducah.
by Patert, Capt. rudolph W.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First UK Edition.
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9781853105258
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Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1994. ix, 223pp, index, appendix, bw ills. Papered boards with purple cloth spine in jacket. Very light foxing to endpapers, small bookseller label on front pastedown. Narrative recounting the clandestine transport of Holocaust survivors to Palestine by the Jewish underground and volunteer American seamen. The story is told by the captain of one of te rescue ships, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55.
by Kane, Elisha Kent.
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- Used - Good
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- Reprint
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- 1870
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- Hardcover
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London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1870. x, 510pp, glosary, notes, folding map, num bw ills- all edges gilt. Rebound with original red pictorial cloth laid on to front, rear and spine. Bottom half of map missing with further loss to lower left of remaining half, occasional foxing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Item Price
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Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave. Cook Islands Library and Museum Bulletin 1.
by Kloosterman, Alphons M.J.
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- Second Edition, Revised & Augmented.
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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Arorangi, Cook Islands: Cook Islands Library & Museum, 1976. 102pp, bibliographyline drawings. Red pictorial card with red cloth tape spine. Tiny bump to bottom corner.. Second Edition, Revised & Augmented.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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the Expedition of the St. Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific 1769-1770 from the Journals of Jean De Surville and Guillaume Labe.
by Dunmore, John (translator/editor); De Surville, Jean; Labe, Guillaume.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780904180114
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London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. x, 310pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing/light edge wear to jacket. The Jean-Baptiste expedition entered the Pacific by way of the northern Philippines, made landfall in the Solomon Islands, sailed to New Zealand (where it narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavour) and crossed the southern Pacific to Peru.. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Conrad Martens Journal of a Voyage from England to Australia 1833-35. Via South America and the Pacific Islands Aboard HMS Hyacinth, Indus, HMS Beagle, Peruvian and Black Warrior.
by Martens, Conrad; Organ, Michael (transcript)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1994
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- Paperback
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- 9780730589204
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Sydney: State Library of New South Wales Press, 1994. 52pp. Black and white card with black cloth tape spine. A little foxing to cover, brief gift note on title page. Australian colonial artist Conrad Martens' diary of his voyage to Australia in the second quarter of the 19th century.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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Mari Nawi. Aboriginal Odysseys.
by Smith, Keith Vincent.
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- First Edition
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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- 9781921719004
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Sydney: Rosenberg, 2010. 216pp, index, endnotes, bibliography, glossary, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. The significant role Aboriginal men, and some women, played in Australia's early maritime history. The focus is the indigenous people who sailed on English ships through Port Jackson to destinations throughout the world between 1788-1850.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Small 4to. Item Price
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Voyages & Discoveries in the South Seas 1792-1832. [marine Research Society Number 6]
by Fanning, captain Edmund.
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Me: The Southworth Press, 1924. xvi, 335pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Blue cloth, no jacket. Light foxing to page edges and prelims. Very bright fresh copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Item Price
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Voyage of "The City of Brisbane" 1862. The Chronology of an Immigrant Ship. [2nd Edition, revised]
by Barlow, Bill.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Second Edition, Revised & Expanded.
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9780959385427
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$40.59
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Sydney: Barlow Music, 2001. 192pp, index, family trees, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Minor crease to top corner of first few pages, otherwise extremely light edgewear to cover. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author to title page. Includes the journal of Mark Blasdall; the diary of John Thomas; the Hodgson family story; the Bee Miles connection and Kempsey NSW in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Whalemen Adventures. The Story of Whaling in Australian waters and Other Southern Seas Related Thereto, from the Days of Sail to Modern Times.
by Dakin, William John.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- 1934
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- Hardcover
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$81.18
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. xx, 263pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket worn with several tears, chips and creases, offset toning to endpapers, page edges evenly toned, foxing to prelims. Prev owner name to top and bottom edges and top of Chapter 1. Quite scarce with jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Discovery of Australia Including the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. A Chronological Survey of Voyages of Discovery Up Till the Foundation of Australia (1526-1788)
by Emery, James.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Paperback
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- 9780600072355
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Sydney: Hamlyn Guides, 1973. 48pp, large folding map at rear. Brown card titled in gold. One page creased at bottom corner. No date - c1973. Prepared for use with the map included at rear. Text printed in brown.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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Francois Peron. Enfant Du Peuple. Un Grand Voayge. Une Oeuvre Une Vie.Voyage De Decouvres Aux Terres Australes. [#36 of 50 copies]
by Guillaumin, Emile. [Francois Peron]
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- Slipcase
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- Deluxe Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9782903886042
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$507.38
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Moulins, France: Les Marmousets, 1982. HEAVY. 154pp, bw ills, maps. Full maroon leather with laid on image of Timorese woman, in maroon slipcase. As new. Deluxe edition limited to only 50 copies of which this #036. Peron's voyage to Australia at the start of the 19th century. Text in French/en Francais.. Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. Folio. Item Price
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Narrative of a second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827.
by Franklin, John; Richardson, John.
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780804810081
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Rutland, Vt: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. HEAVY. xl, 320pp + clvii pp appendix, tables, bw & col ills, folding maps in rear pocket. Red cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, light even toning to page edges. A nice edition of this work on polar exploration. Includes Richardson's account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wreck of the Sydney Cove.
by Jeffreys, Max.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9781864363029
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$20.29
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Sydney: New Holland, 1997. xiv, 257pp, bw ill, maps, endpaper maps. Black cloth in jacket. Near new. In 1797, the merchant vessel Sydney Cove was on a speculative trading voyage from Bengal to Port Jackson. Near the end of the trip the ship foundered off Preservation Island, Bass Strait, in the aftermath of a hurricane. There followed an extraordinary adventure… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Dampier in New Holland. Australia's First Natural Historian.
by George, Alex S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9781876473129
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Melbourne: Bloomings Books, 1999. xx, 171pp, index, bibliography, appendix, col ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Lightest of edge wear to jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Item Price
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In the Grips of the Eagle. Matthew Flinders at Ile De France 1803-1810.
by Pineo, Huguette Ly-Tio-Fane.
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- Used - Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$67.65
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Moka, Mauritius.: Mahatma Gandhi Institute, 1988. 223pp, appendices, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Minor rubbing and light edge wear to covers, front cover creased near spine, prev owner on front blank, occasional foxing, loosely inserted new clipping with associated offset toning. The captivity of Mathhew Flinders by the French at Mauritius during the Napoleonic wars.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bound for Botany Bay. British Convict Voyages to Australia.
by Brooke, Alan; Brandon, David.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9781903365786
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Surrey, UK: The National Archives, 2005. 272pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw & col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. As new. Follows the voyages of convicts sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Norfolk Island, and Van Diemen's Land. Considers the consequences-intended and unintended- of transportation and brings out the real dimensions of a system in which, for example, only one convict… Read more about this item Item Price
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Northern Voyages. Australia's Monsoon Coast in Maritime History.
by Powell, alan.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Paperback
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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- 9781921509937
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Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2010. xvii, 435pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers, very light foxing to prelims. To Australia's monsoon coast, stretching from Broome to Thursday Island came Australia's earliest explorers, greatest hydrographic explorers, the whole of her pearling fleets, trepang and trochus gatherers of the East Indies, seaborne missionaries of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Missing Coast. Queensland Takes Shape.
by Gill, J.C.H.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Paperback
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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- 9780724229031
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$13.53
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Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1988. x, 262pp, index, references, bibliography, glossary, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or card covers with integral flaps. Near new. The stories of the men and the ships-well known and obscure- tracing the discovery and exploration of the Queensland coast from the growth of the Spanish and Portuguese sea power in the 15th century to the mid-19th century… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Voyage to New South Wales.
by Barrington, George.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780908240982
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Sydney: View Productions, 1985. 120pp, bw & col ills. Black cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket.Barrington was sentenced to 7 years transportation to Botany Bay. In return for his aid in suppressing a mutiny on board the convict ship he was released and made superintendant of convicts in the colony. This volume recounts the true story of… Read more about this item Item Price
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