Author: Estensen, Miriam.
Title: The Letters of George and Elizabeth Bass.
Description: Sydney, Crows Nest Allen & Unwin, 2009. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), single colour plate, map, minor edgewear jacket. 216 pp. On 5 February 1802, the 142-ton brig Venus cleared Sydney heads to begin a trading voyage through the islands of the Pacific. George Bass was captain. Neither ship nor captain completed the voyage; they vanished into the Pacific. A puzzling end to the life of the noted Australian coastal explorer after whom Bass Strait is named. Waiting for Bass in England was his young wife Elizabeth. This book contains the letters she wrote to Bass who never returned home. ISBN: 9781741756814

Keywords: australian history, maritime, exploration, explorers, families, letters, pacific, britain 9781741756814


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