Charting a Continent: A Brief Memoir on the History of Marine Exploration and Hydrographical Surveying in Australian Waters from the Discoveries of Captain James Cook to the War Activities of the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service. by Ingleton, Lt-Commander Geoffrey. C - 1944

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1944. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, blue cloth cover, endpapers & pages lightly toned, top edge foxed, minimal foxing fore-edge, bottom corners two pages creased, covers little scratched, bookplate inside front cover, minor written corrections, autograph (author's written name). 146 pp. Lt-Commander Geoffrey. C. Ingleton provides a fascinating examination of early Australian maritime surveys (some little known), and the importance of these surveys to the safety of ships and their crews. The author attempts to show that most of these Australian surveys were made many years ago, and that new surveys are urgently required. (Page numbers are corrected in pencil for some illustrations, as listed at the front of the book.).