Title An account of the discoveries made in the South Pacifick Ocean / by Alexander Dalrymple ; first printed in 1767, reissued with a foreword by Kevin Fewster and an essay by Andrew Cook

Published Potts Point, N.S.W. : Hordern House Rare Books for the Australian National Maritime Museum, 1996

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
ADPML SPC	919 Dal/Aot		LIB USE ONLY

Description 47 pages, xxxi, 103 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 22 cm Series Australian maritime series, 1037-1338 ; no. 3 Australian maritime series ; no. 3 Notes Edition limited to 950 copies, nine hundred copies are hand bound in quarter midnight blue Scottish calf with marbled paper sides designed by Margot Snape. A deluxe issue is limited to 50 copies, numbered and signed by Dr Kevin Fewster Facsim of: An Account of the discoveries made in the South Pacifick Ocean previous to 1764 / by Alexander Dalrymple. London, 1767 [published anonymously] Spine title: Discoveries in the South Pacifick Bibliography Bibliographical nots SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Polynesia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116617 Author Cook, Andrew S. Fewster, Kevin. ISBN 1875567135 1875567151 (deluxe edition)

Other Titles Discoveries in the South Pacifick Discoveries in the South Pacific

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