Mcintyre kenneth gordon (12 Ergebnisse)

1st edition. 8vo. 257pp. B/w. map frontispiece and illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial d/w. lettered in red and black. Ex-libris Andrew David. ISBN 0285626035 US$15.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. 257pp. 21.5cm. Frontispiece map. 10 maps in the text. 7 black and white illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. hard cover in dust jacket. The jacket torn and repaired. A good clean copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 257pp. 21.5cm. Frontispiece map. 7 black and white photographic illustrations. 10 maps in the text. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. A very good clean copy. The earlier years of Governor Arthur Phillip, of The First Fleet to Australia. [479g].…

258pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. B&W maps and plates. A near fine copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Scarce. Jacket has minor wear, binding sound, internally clean. McIntyre's story of these early Portuguese voyages, and his detailed understanding of the development of deep sea navigation and of the policies that drove the Maritime Powers of Spain and Portugal to compete to rule the world on either side of the Pope's meridian make his book compelling reading in itself. But the Secret Discovery of Australia is also a fascinating suspense story the tale of the author's own unravelling of a great historical mystery, the unearthing of secrets that have been dept for hundreds of years. He engroses his reader, as he sets right a great injustice for the records.…

pp 257, Index, b/w plates, maps, orig boards, v.g., in like d.j. Phillip spent three and a half years with the Portuguese Navy prior to commanding the First Fleet to New South Wales.

Hard Cover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. Reprint. G/VG-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt (ex-library with RSMs, labels, notations etc., tape marking in outer gutters, rubbed & nicked, some marks & stains) in unpriced dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked, spine label); pp. xxii (last blank), 428, with illustrations & endpaper map. A reading copy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First. 427 pages, 8v0. A fin spotless copy of the of the first edition, missing the dust jacket. Some maps, diagrams and b&w photographs. Inscribed by author on half title page. Painstaking research by the author shows that the Portuguese were the first to explore the east coast of Australia - 250 years before the British.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original brown boards gilt (a little rubbed & marked, prev. owner's name to half-title) in unpriced dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & frayed); pp. xxii (last blank), 428, with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.…

Boards in d.j. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, b&w plates, b&w text illus, maps, endpaper maps, pp xxi, 427. Small ownership stamp to the reverse side of the ffep. Near-fine condition in like d.j. "McIntyre's story of these early Portuguese voyages, and his detailed understanding of the development of deep sea navigation and of the policies that drove the Maritime Powers of Spain and Portugal to compete to rule the world on either side of the Pope's meridian make his book compelling reading in itself. But the Secret Discovery of Australia is also a fascinating suspense story; the tale of the author's own unravelling of a great historical mystery, the unearthing of secrets that have been kept for hundreds of years" [dustjacket].…

Oln. m. OU. (gelb-schw. Rücken) 8°, XXI, 427 S., Kopfschnitt ein wenig fleckig.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Good. A façanha portuguesa 250 anos antes do Comandante Cook. Tradução de Manuela Nazaré Ribeiro. Revisão técnica do Centro de Estudos marítimos de Macau. 1.ª Edição. Centro de Estudos Marítimos de Macau. Fundação Oriente. Lisboa. 1989. De 23x15 cm. Com 277 págs. Brochado. Ilustrado no texto com mapas e figuras e em extratexto com fotografias e reproduções. Da sinopse da capa posterior: «Quem descobriu a Austrália? Este fascinante livro - fruto de vinte anos de meticulosa pesquisa - demonstrou sem sombra de dúvida que foram os portugueses, e não o comandante Cook, os primeiros europeus a visitar a costa oriental da Austrália. Reconhecido já como um ensaio sobre as descobertas portuguesas, esta controversa obra influenciou grandemente as pesquisas posteriores sobre os primeiros exploradores.» Language: Português / Portuguese Location/localizacao: SACO R129-17. …