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String-bound Printed Wraps. Condition: Fine. South Seas Exploration (illustrator). First Edition. Narrow 4to. Pp. 21. String bound self wraps. In superlative condition. Mueller is the decorated botanist whose enthusiasm for Australia and the South Pacific helped foster countless expeditions. By the mid-1860s, his optimism for the fate of Ludwig Leichhardt was such that encouraged fundraising for the search for the long-lost explorer optimism, it was borne out, that was eventually substantiated.Babbage's expedition, which was for a thorough survey of the region west of Lake Torrens, was provisioned for 18 months. However, they got off to a slow start when, departing Port Augusta, the expedition came across two survivors of an exploratory party, William Scott and Henry Brooks, and began searching for a third. Due to the continued slow pace, Babbage was eventually replaced by Warburton. But not before efforts of the work at hand were collected and analyzed. A fascinating artifact from the era of Australia's self-discovery, presented here in handsome condition.