Australia Unveiled The Share Of The Dutch Navigators In The Discovery Of Australia.
£40.00
Publisher
Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm Ltd.
Place
Amsterdam
Date
1976
Synopsis
Translated from the german by olaf richter.
Item Description
4to. 10 x 7.25 inches. xi + [i] + 420 + [4] pp. `Separate half title for Part Two. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper, which has a little edge wear and sunned spine; otherwise a very good copy. Part One illustrated by 44 map plates and 61 figures; part 2 Two by 88 maps, all in black and white. A profusely illustrated survey of the Dutch navigators and explorers who discovered the Western and Northern coasts of Australia from 1601-44, including the two voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman. By Austrian born Gunter Schilder (b.1942), historian and cartographer, who held the Chair of the History of Cartography of the Geographical Institute of the University of Utrecht, 1981-2004).
[Stock No. 29668]
