Published by Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1978, Christchurch, 1978
ISBN 10: 0723305501 ISBN 13: 9780723305507
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Art, Sketches, maps (illustrator). 1st. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. 1st. 23cm By 16cm. For four years from 1848 HMS Acheron was engaged in charting the NZ coast and harbours. Such was the standard of her work that some charts were still in use well over a century later. The story of the expedition is fully told here for the first time. The 95 illustrations (11 in colour) were mainly created by artists aboard the sail/steam ship with many published for the first time, art endpapers and DJ, maps and sketches. 190 pages.