Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed it from Sea to Sea [Australiana Facsimile Editions].
by Stuart, John McDouall; Hardman, W. (editor)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 072430049X
- ISBN 13
- 9780724300495
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About This Item
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA), 1975. Facsimile ed.. Hardback small thick octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, light brown leatherette boards, new endpapers, gilt title spine, sepia frontispiece portrait, maps (including one large foldout at rear), full-page black & white drawings, top corner repaired last three pages (index), edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 511 pp. Hardcover facsimile edition of he journals of John McDouall Stuart for his six expeditions into the interior of Australia from 1858 to 1862, during which he located the centre of Australia and crossed the continent from south to north. (Originally edited by William Hardman, and published in London by Saunders, Otley & Co., 1865. No 198 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series.).
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- Title
- Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed it from Sea to Sea [Australiana Facsimile Editions].
- Author
- Stuart, John McDouall; Hardman, W. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Facsimile ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 072430049X
- ISBN 13
- 9780724300495
- Publisher
- Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA)
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- australian history, expeditions, explorers, south australia, northern territory, facsimile edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;
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About Bookhome Sydney
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