Australian Navigators: Picking Up Shells and Catching Butterflies in an Age of Revolution by Tiley, Robert - 2002

Australia: Kangaroo Press, 2002: 0731811186. 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. .

Sydney; Kangaroo Press; 2002. paperback in very good condition. 244 pages, colour and b/w illusts

Kangaroo Press / Simon and Schuster Australia, 2002. Softcover. Very Good (Used copy). MARITIME AUSTRALIANA EXPLORATION Why, in the closing decades of the 1700s, one of the bloodiest periods in European history, did sailors from the warring nations of Britain and France come to this far-flung corner of the world in an attempt to chart coastlines in the Pacific, including Australia? Why engage in such a dangerous and potentially unrewarding task when a much greater reward might be had fighting wars and sharing the rewards of glory, promotion and prize money? Mortality on these sea journeys was high. Very few of the French navigators survived their first major expedition to the Pacific, and very few of the British commanded more than one. Only one, William Bligh, ever achieved what could be regarded as comfortable retirement. A great deal has been written about many of these navigators - Bouganville, Cook, Bligh, Bass, Baudin and Flinders - often in weighty volumes. This book does not try to emulate… Read More

East Roseville, N.S.W. ; London : Kangaroo, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 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.