The Exploration Of Australia

From first sea voyages to satellite discoveries - a stirring chronicle of strength and determination. 304 pages with 476 illustrations, many in colour, and 77 maps. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1987. HEAVY. 304 pages, illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs, drawings and paintings, more than 60 maps, index. Prelims and endpages lightly foxed. Pictorial boards. The book covers exploration, from sea voyages to satellite discoveries, from the earliest settlers to the age of scientific expeditions.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Surry Hills, Australia: Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with laminated pictorial boards, first edition, 1460gms, 304 pages, orange endpapers, not issued with dust jacket. Contents includes: who really discovered the great south land; survival and the search for prosperity; daring expeditions claim an entire continent; explorers… Read more about this item

Reader's Digest (Australia) Ltd, Sydney, 2001. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Near Fine Condition. Second impression. Size: Large Octavo. 304 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing.… Read more about this item

Sydney; Readers Digest; 1999.. Revised Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 304; endpapers, 293 colour and b/w illustrations, maps, chronology, index, original colour illustrated slick boards, very good copy.

Connecticut, USA: The Globe Pequot Press, 1998. Book. Good. Soft cover. Facsimile Copy Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, facsimile edition, 284gms, 311 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Readers Digest, Sydney 1987. 30.0 x 21.5cms, 304pp, b/w & colour illusts, fine hardback & dustwrapper The chapters are: who really discovered the Great South land?; survival & the search for prosperity; explorers of the golden eastern crescent; the conquest of Queensland; the lure of the unknown west & centre; courageous invaders of the hostile deserts; the age… Read more about this item