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BEHIND THE PICTURE : H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE'S AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA CRUISE 1846 - 1850

By: Bassett, Marnie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Oxford University Press: 1966

Seller ID: 32818

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner's name on endpaper

Index, bibliography. Foldout colour sketch of the vessel in Cape York by Oswald Brierly. 500gms weight; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 114 pages
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THE SECRET VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

By: Bawlf, Samuel

Price: $32.50

Publisher: London, Penguin Books Ltd: 2004

Seller ID: 20274

ISBN: 0141005912

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Index, notes and bibliography Whilst circumnavigating the globe in 1577 was Drake on another secret mission? 300 grams weight. ; Remainder; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 400 pages
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Captain Cook

By: Bellis, H

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Singapore, Mcgraw Hill Book Co: 1970

Seller ID: 6043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

58p, colour illustrations Historical Characters series. Few scuffs to black cover. Bookseller details top of ffep. ; 8vo
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Expeditions : the Experts' Way

By: Blashford-Snell, John and Ballantine, Alistair (Ed)

Price: $10.50

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 1977

Seller ID: 2069

ISBN: 0571110215

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

256p. Ten experts write a chapter on expeditions - polar, ocean voyages personnel, small groups and mountaineering, , jungles and deserts, underwater, preparation, logistics and planning. Tiny chip to top edge of spine of back cover. ; 8vo
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From Scott to Fuchs

By: Bowman, Gerald

Price: $14.50

Publisher: London, Evans Bros: 1958

Seller ID: 2731

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

191 pages. Index. Four polar explorers Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton Byrd are studied as well as the Fuchs and Hilary expedition. Appendix 1 has a list of known Antarctic explorers, Appendix 2 has a list of all personnel on the expeditions dealt with in this book. Light surface wear to cover which is intact, but price cut.; 8vo
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SCURVY How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

By: Brown, Stephen R

Price: $36.50

Publisher: Melbourne, Penguin Australia: 2004

Seller ID: 21862

ISBN: 0143002643

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Bibliography. History of scurvy and hunt for a treatment. 300gms weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages
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Vikings of the Pacific. First Published As Vikings of the Sunrise

By: Buck, Peter H

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Chicago, Phoenix Books: 1959

Seller ID: 5987

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

2nd impression 1960. 338p, index, b/w illustrations, historic photos, and maps. Foxing to back cover. Owner's stamp on front page. Yellowed paper; 8vo
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MEN AGAINST THE DESERT

By: Calder, Ritchie

Price: $7.00

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.: 1951

Seller ID: 28179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket; Foxing to book cover, taped in with compliments slip now loose

Index, map of nth Africa on endpapers. Author undertakes a tour of desert research stations on behalf of UNESCO, description includes - on trail of the Rats of Tobruk, qanats of Persia, Iraq, Egypt. 500gms weight; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages
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CAPTAIN COOK Obsession and Betrayal in the New World

By: Collingridge, Vanessa

Price: $33.50

Publisher: London, Ebury Press: 2002

Seller ID: 20200

ISBN: 0091886597

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Yellowed paper

Index. "Part biography and part historical mystery. "Weight 600 grams; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages
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THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS

By: Colwell Max

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Sydney, Hamlyn: 1970

Seller ID: 13517

ISBN: 0600359492

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket; Gift inscription reverse of ffep. Repaired tear bottom spine of d/w

Illustrated, index, maps historic illustrations add to the understanding of Flinder's achievements.900gms weight; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages
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CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE Commenced in 1768, and Finished in 1771. His First Published Account of Landing in the Endeavour River. Reproduced from the 'newcastle' Edition of Cook's Diaries.

By: Cook, James

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Herberton (qld), Hisine Technique:

Seller ID: 21681

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Yellowed paper.

Stapled booklet printed in far north Queensland which is a facsimile of the section dealing with exploration and Cook's voyage along the Queensland coast.100gms weight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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First on the Moon : a Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E Aldrin Jr. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C Clarke

By: Farmer, Gene and Hamblin, Dora Jane

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Connecticut, Konecky & Konecky:

Seller ID: 7182

ISBN: 156852398x

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

434p. Photos from NASA. Near new condition. 1kg weight; 8vo
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Columbus

By: Felipe, Fernandez-Armesto,

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1991

Seller ID: 33840

ISBN: 0192852604

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Yellowed paper

Index, bibliography. 250gms weight; Maps; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 228 pages
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CAPTAIN SCOTT.

By: Fiennes, Ranulph

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 2003

Seller ID: 29846

ISBN: 0340826983

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

No crease to spine. Colour photos, author has experienced modern day rigours of Antarctic expeditions. 900gms weight ; Color Illustrations; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.80 inches; 514 pages
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THE ROMANCE OF NAVIGATION A Brief Record of Maritime Discovery from the Earliest Times to the 18th Century

By: Frith, Henry

Price: $18.50

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Company , Limited:

Seller ID: 20844

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good; Ffep missing, owner's name dated 1900 on title page, light foxing

Index, gold lettering on spine and cover. 750gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 312 pages
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Antarctic Adventure : the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58

By: Fuchs, Vivian

Price: $15.50

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1959

Seller ID: 3062

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

190, b/w drawings, Foxing to edges and cover. Cover has few chips and tears on top edge. ; 8vo
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Australian bushcraft A Serious Guide to Survival and Camping. Revised and Updated

By: Graves, Richard

Price: $41.50

Publisher: Sydney, Dymocks: 1984

Seller ID: 30822

ISBN: 0909824355

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket; Shelfwear to base of spine only blemish.

First published in 1950 as The 10 Bushcraft Books. Index, bibliography. Chapters on knots, campcraft, firemaking, map reading. Detailed drawings. 500gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages
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A PATTERN OF ISLANDS

By: Grimble, Arthur

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Reprint Society: 1954

Seller ID: 32155

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket; Rubbing along spine

Index. Map on endpapers. Gold lettering on spine. Historic b/w photos of island life. 600 grams weight. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 322 pages
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Black Horse Odyssey Search for the Lost City of Rome in China

By: Harris, David

Price: $8.50

Publisher: South Australia, Wakefield Press: 1991

Seller ID: 31996

ISBN: 1862542708

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Yellowed paper, no creases.

1991 reprint. Map. Lost city of Li-jien built by the Romans 1300 years before Marco Polo arrived in China. 380gms weight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages
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THE SEARCH FOR EL DORADO

By: Hemming, John

Price: $13.00

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1978

Seller ID: 14454

ISBN: 0718117549

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

"This book describes the nature of the conquistador, and tells from contemporary sources the appalling cruelty of these explorers, who preyed on the Indian tribes but who themselves suffered indescribable hardships'. Index, bibliography, b/w and colour illustrations. Weighs 800 grams; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages
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