The Mermaid tree : how a tiny unknown ship opened Australia"s north and west to development, dreams and disappointment. - Softcover
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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 their contribution to the settlement and development of our island continent is widely appreciated and can hardly be overestimated. However, about their successors - the hydrographers and explorers of the period 1815-1850 - much less is generally known. In this meticulously researched history, Robert tiley seeks to fill some of the gaps in the national consciousness by 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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The Mermaid Tree - How a tiny unknown ship opened Australia's north and west to development, dreams and disappointment
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ABC Books, Sydney, 2006. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), xx, 297 pages. ISBN: 0733317014. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, lightly creased at edges & corners. Page edges foxing/soiled. "Almost two hundred years ago a young British sailor carved his ship's name, 'Mermaid', on a Kimberley coast boab tree - it is still there today, probably Australia's oldest living graffiti. It also marked the beginning of an extraordinary period of optimism and adventure in Australia's history. The race to survey and settle Australia's west and northern coastlines was the equivalent of last century's 'space race', as France, Britain and Holland competed commercially for antipodean bases after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. "The Mermaid Tree" is the extraordinary story of the little-known successors to Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, and Flinders, why they did it, what they got out of it and the haphazard global politics they had to endure. King, Freycinet, d'Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, Kennedy and Stanley are not well known, but all were key to unlocking so much of Australia's development. And it started with 'Mermaid'. Weight (before packaging): 480g. Seller Inventory # 2581
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THE MERMAID TREE. How a tiny unknown ship opened Australia's north and west to development, dreams and disappointment
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1st Ed. XX, 298 PP with 2 tail and 3 head pieces (sketch of HMC Mermaid), 1 chart and 26 maps, and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bookplate of Prof. Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15. Seller Inventory # 50790
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The Mermaid tree : how a tiny unknown ship opened Australia"s north and west to development, dreams and disappointment.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. AN ILLUMINATING HISTORICAL INSIGHT INTO A NEGLECTED PERIOD OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE ANGLO-FRENCH RACE TO CHART AUSTRALIA'S COASTLINE. IT WAS THIS COMPETITION WHICH PAVED THE WAY TO OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA'S VAST NORTH AND WEST. Seller Inventory # 009706
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Mermaid Tree, The: How A Tiny Unknown Ship Opened Australia's North & West To Development, Dreams & Disappointment
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Softcover. Condition: AS NEW COPY! AUSTRALIANA EXPLORATIONFrance, Britain and Holland competed to create bases on Australia's north west coast in the early 19th century. The explorers and settlers included Phillip Parker King, Freycinet, d'Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, Kennedy and Stanley. xx, 297 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [275]-279. #010922/060125King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856 -- Journeys. | Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sèbastien-Cèsar, 1790-1842 -- Journeys. | Mermaid (Ship) | Explorers -- Australia. | Surveyors, Marine -- Australia. | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. | Australia -- Discovery and exploration. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Seller Inventory # 71978
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