JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1 (in 2 Volumes)

EYRE, Edward John

Published by Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. ., 1964

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Facsimile Reprint of the 1845 original. No. 7 in the "Australiana Facsimile Editions" series. Volume I: (2), XVIII, (2), 448 PP, plus 11 plates (6 of them on some new animals), and 1 folded map of Australia inside pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Fp: Tenberry with wife and child. Volume II: (2), VI, 512 PP with 1 drawing, plus 11 b/w plates and 1 large folded "Map of Mr. Eyre's Routes in Central Australia" inside the pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Fp: Distribution of flour at Moorunde. Hard covers, simile leather, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. A near fine copy. 21.8 x 14.5. .Sent by the Colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government, including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1 (in 2 Volumes)
• Publisher: Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. .
• Publication Date: 1964
• Binding: Hardcover