Sketch Explorations Late by Whyte Duncan Mckinlay John Mkinlay (1 results)

Facsimile ed. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette covers (gilt spine lettering), map, frontispiece portrait, few black & white drawings, pages lightly toned as usual, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. 48 pp. A facsimile descriptive report on two expeditions by Scottish explorer John McKinlay to the interior of Australia. Originally published in Glasgow in 1881 by Aird & Coghill. Being a paper read by Dr Duncan Whyte before the Cowal Society, Oct. 28, 1878, and published at the request of the society (from the title page). The talk by Whyte includes extracts from McKinlay's journal. (Australiana Facsimile Editions no 2, published by the Public Library of South Australia, 1962.).