Mermaid Tree Tiny Unknown by Tiley Robert (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. vii, 297. Shifts the exploration spotlight away from household names like Cook and Flinders to chronicle the lesser-known, highly perilous hydrographic surveying expeditions that mapped Australia's northern and western coastlines between 1815 and 1850.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 297 pages. Almost two hundred years ago a young British sailor carved his ship's name 'Mermaid' , on a Kimberley coast boab tree - its still there today. It marked the beginning of a period of optimism and adventure in Australia's history. This is the story of the successors to the likes of Cook, La Perouse, and Flinders. King, Freycinet, d'Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, and many more, were key players in unlocking the country's secrets.…

xx+297pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Black and white images. A near fine copy. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some marks on foredges. Interior and binding are still very good. 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 contributions to our island continent's settlement and development is widely appreciated and can hardly be overestimated. However, much less is generally known about their successors - the hydrographers and explorers of the period 1815-1850. In this meticulously researched history, Robert Tiley seeks to fill some of the gaps in the national consciousness by the 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. …

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-SeÌbastien-CeÌsar, 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.…

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.