Mermaid Tree: How a Tiny Unknown Ship Opened Australia’s North and West to Development, Dreams and Disappointment by Robert Tiley

Language: English

Published by ABC Books, Sydney NSW, 2006

0733317014 / 9780733317019

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Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some marks on foredges. Interior and binding are still very good. For generations of Australians, the great navigators of the golden age of Antipodean maritime exploration - Cook, Bligh, la Perouse, Bougainville and Flinders have long been household names. The significance of their discoveries and contributions to our island continent's settlement and development is widely appreciated and can hardly be overestimated. However, much less is generally known about their successors - the hydrographers and explorers of the period 1815-1850. In this meticulously researched history, Robert Tiley seeks to fill some of the gaps in the national consciousness by the writing of the trials, accomplishments and sheer intrepidity of Frenchmen such as Freycinet, d'Urville and Duperrey; of Britons such as Phillip Parker King, Stokes, Blackwood, Owen Stanley and Wickham, and their valuable work in mapping the eastern, northern and western coastlines of the enormous Australian land mass.…

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Title
Mermaid Tree: How a Tiny Unknown Ship Opened Australia’s North and West to Development, Dreams and Disappointment by Robert Tiley
Author
Robert Tiley
Publisher
ABC Books, Sydney NSW
Publication year
2006
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0733317014
ISBN 13
9780733317019
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
0.7 kilograms
Dimensions
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
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Secondhand Books, Subjects - Australian History - Australia Wide, Subjects - Shipwrecks & Maritime

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