Robert tiley (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Kangaroo Press 2002 edition. Light scratches/marks to cover & minor scuffs to edges. Foxing/stains to page edges. Text/images very good.

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

Like New 2002 Kangaroo Press First Edition. Large format paperback 9½" x 7¼". It has xi + 243 pages. and is very well illustrated with b/w photographs, colour plates and maps. Excellent condition. Like New.

Soft. Elegant pictorial on card covers clean pages ppxi243 Very good A quirky book with information on butterflies and shells. book.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xi, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Explorers - Australia. Australia - Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Zustand: 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. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Top foredge is sunned. Interior and binding are still very good. Within 40 years, one of the bloodiest in European history, legendary explorers, including Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, James Cook, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, William Bligh, George Bass, Nicolas Baudin, and Matthew Flinders, undertook the perilous journeys of exploration to the southern continent. In this intriguing book, Robert Tiley examines the roots of this era in war-torn Europe and the complex aims of the backers who supported and promoted these expeditions.…

Softcover. Zustand: 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.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.75x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.