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Book Description 25.0 x 17.0cms, 176pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This book covers: the search fro the Southland, the Duyfken, the Australian Company; the southern route of Hendrik Brouwer; the discoveryy of the West Coast; the Pera & the Arnhem; against the West Coast; the Batavia; the Klein Amsterdam & the Wezel; Abel Jansz Tasman; the Vergulde Draeck; Willem de Vlamingh; the Vossenborch, Nova Hollandia & Waaier; the Zuytdorp; Jacob Roggeveen; the Zeewijk; the last voyage; the search for the Batavia; the Vergulde Draeck. Seller Inventory # 167663
Book Description Hardback. 1st English Language Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 176 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 170167
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with a few scuffs, and a tear on the front top-edge. The page edges are a bit foxed and tanned. 176 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Seller Inventory # 174355
Book Description Hardback. 1979. First english edition. A very good copy in a very good d/w. Seller Inventory # 9268095
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various Contemporary (illustrator). First Edition. 700 g; 176 pages, includes an index of ships, index of persons, and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of documents, and maps and photographs and drawings, bound in papered boards with a colour illustrated dust jacket, the book has only slight rubbing at the heel of the spine and light fading of the spine section of the jacket, and previous owner's name and details at the bottom right-hand corner of the front free end page. As far back as the early 1600s, the Dutch East India Company instructors merger ships to strike out eastwards after the Cape of Good Hope on their way to the East Indies. This brought the company ships close to the West Coast of Australia. Even though there was much danger for The Indiamen in those uncharted waters, the company thought the risk worth taking because the long voyage was almost halved. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various Contemporary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Exploration; Sailing; Australia; ISBN: 0727008005. ISBN/EAN: 9780727008008. Inventory No: 0233715. Seller Inventory # 0233715
Book Description 1st English edition of the 1976 original Dutch title "Nederlanders Ontdekken Australie". 176 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Chart of the Pacific by Hessel Gerritsz. Hard cover, dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 18. Also contains relevant newspaper cuttings and articles loosely inserted. Seller Inventory # 49491