The Discovery of Australia
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338pp, 16pp black and white photographic plates, fold out map. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Bumped spine ends, top corners lightly rubbed. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear especially to rear, chipping to bottom edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Traces the sequence of discovery of portions of the coasts of the Australian continent and Tasmania, thereby providing a study of the revelation of Australia to the outside world.
