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Elephant Seal – Vauthier -1820

A scarce hand coloured copper engraving of the Elephant Seal “Le Phoque a trompe” Peron. In the distance a ship can be seen. Engraved by Barreau after Vauthier and published in Paric in 1820.

Price $270.00 framed in Voyager Natural History style ready to hang in your study …

Rare hand coloured Elephant Seal

$270.00

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Java la Grande – Lawrence Fitzgerald

Published in Hobart in 1984 a very good copy in a fine dust jacket.

A useful and easily read book on the Portuguese Discovery of Australia … where else could it be … Brigadier Fitzgerald was well qualified to compile this well illustrated account. A good understanding of the Dauphin map.

Portuguese First … no really they were!

$40.00

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Captain James Cook and His Times – Fisher and Johnston

Published by ANU Press canberta in 1979 a very good near fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Cook from a different perspective and well researched and worthwhile. Interplay with Dalrymple, the geography of Northwest America, the Spanish reaction to his endeavours and his reputation in Russia .. and much more.

Another view of Cook and a good one

$35.00

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Poor Souls They Perished – Lemon & Morgan

Published by Hargreenin 1986 a well researched and thoughtfully illustrated account in very good condition.

In 1845 the Cataraqui went down in the Bass Strait with the loss of 400 souls – only 9 survived (saved by an ex-convict) despite the wreck being stranded just 150 yards from King Island.

Worst Australian Wreck

$50.00

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Wrecks of Port Phillip – Williams & Serle

Published by Maritime Historical Productions a great authority in the field – Melbourne 1964 and in pretty good condition.

There is a lot of wreckage in Port Phillip Bay. This expert account creates a superb reference to the major wrecks (and minor summarised). Really well illustrated with early engravings and photographs of many of the fateful vessels

Reference to the Wrecks

$50.00

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A Voyage Round The World 1790-1792 Performed by Etienne Marchand (In Two Volumes) – Charles P.C. Fleurieu – 1969

Amsterdam. 1969. N. Israel., 1969. Facsimile reprint of 1801 original English edition. Nos. 23 & 24 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series.

$120.00

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