Mariners Are Warned! : John Lort Stokes and H. M. S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843

Hordern, Marsden
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Stokes circumnavigated Australia twice. Free to probe Australia’s unknown coast, he was the last Royal Navy surveyor to hold such a roving commission. He discovered the Fitzroy, Albert and Flinders rivers and Port Darwin and his most notable achievement was the charting of that graveyard of sailing ships – Bass Strait. 235 x 155mm., pp. xix, 359, b/w & col. plates, biblio., index, six maps in back pocket. #0818 First Edition

Additional Information

AuthorHordern, Marsden
PublisherMelbourne University Press / Miegunyah Press
Year Published1989
Book Condition

Fine in edgeworn dustjacket.

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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