Author: MORESBY, John.
Title: Discoveries & Surveys in New Guinea and the d'Entrecasteaux Islands. A cruise in Polynesia and visits to the pearl-shelling stations in Torres Straits ...
Description: London, Murray 1876. Octavo modern (but not recent) blue crushed morocco; xviii,327pp and publisher's list, six plates, a folding map and a further map not called for in the list but necessary. A pleasing copy. ¶ In his appendix Moresby prints a long and detailed letter to the Athenaeum refuting many claims made in Lawson's fictional Wanderings in New Guinea.
Keywords: travel exploration maritime nautical Papua New Guinea Australia Pacific c19th
Title: Discoveries & Surveys in New Guinea and the d'Entrecasteaux Islands. A cruise in Polynesia and visits to the pearl-shelling stations in Torres Straits ...
Description: London, Murray 1876. Octavo modern (but not recent) blue crushed morocco; xviii,327pp and publisher's list, six plates, a folding map and a further map not called for in the list but necessary. A pleasing copy. ¶ In his appendix Moresby prints a long and detailed letter to the Athenaeum refuting many claims made in Lawson's fictional Wanderings in New Guinea.
Keywords: travel exploration maritime nautical Papua New Guinea Australia Pacific c19th
Price: AUD 850.00 = appr. US$ 588.09 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 8244
- Book number: 8244