The magnificent foragers.
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
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Ocean: reflections on a century of exploration.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning..... More
Visual voyages: images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world..... More
Whales, ice and men: the history of whaling in the western Arctic.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. Quarto, illustrations, softcover. A richly illustrated archeological and economic history of the whaling industry. More
Results of the Archbold Expeditions, No. 68: Summary of the 1948 Cape York (Australia) Expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1953. Octavo, photographs. Volume 102: Article 2. More
Great voyages of exploration: the golden age of discovery in the Pacific.
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Charles Darwin: Voyaging: Volume one of a biography.
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
The voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-West Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham.
Carlton: The Miegunyah Press, 1995. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Tropical visions in an age of empire.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Explores images of the tropical world - maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts - produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities..... More
Citizen Labillardiere: a naturalists life in revolution and exploration 1755-1834.
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2003. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first comprehensive study of eighteenth century naturalist, Jacques Julien Houtou de Labillardière- a story of science, survival and a grand adventure. More
An officer of the blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer, 1724-1772.
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The life of George Bass: surgeon and sailor of the enlightenment.
St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 2005. Octavo, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Brings to bear exhaustive research in the archives and libraries of the world, to present an account of the life and death of this most complicated man. More
South with Scott.
London: Collins, (1958. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, heavily foxed preliminary pages and fore edges, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Mawson: and the ice men of the heroic age: Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen.
Sydney: Random House, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. This book details the historic race to become the first team to reach the South Pole. On 2 December 1911, Sir Douglas Mawson left Hobart on his Australasian Antarctic Expedition to explore the virgin frozen coastline below Australia, 2000..... More
The birth of Sydney.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Blending together the writings of early Australian explorers, settlers, and leaders, "The Birth of Sydney" editor Flannery constructs a compelling narrative history of the early life of one of the world's great cities. More
Europe: the first 100 million years.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2019. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made up of diverse geological types, including ancient continental fragments, raised segments..... More
Where is here? 350 years of exploring Australia.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2007. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. A concise version for young adults of Flannery's classic anthology, The explorers. In these exciting, heartbreaking diaries of the men and women who explored our country, young readers will get a sense of freedom of travelling into the unknown. These amazing stories..... More
The art of science: Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800-1804.
Mile End: Wakefield Press, 2016. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. In 1800, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands'. It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe..... More
Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders.
Mile End: Wakefield Press, (2017. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white and colour illustrations. Traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Unusually, the book takes its lead from the voyages..... More
Op zoek naar oermenschen.
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
The Banks/Cook portfolio.
Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Folio, two volumes, charts, colour plates. Text volume, dustwrapper. Chart volume, cloth boards. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Fine copy. More
Ocean enough and time: discovering the waters around Antarctica.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Slicing the silence: voyaging to Antarctica.
Sydney: New South Books, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. In the summer of 2002-03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to ' slice the silence' of a year, arriving at Casey Station to deliver the new..... More
Voyage de decouvertes aus Terres Australes, Atlas de Lesueur, Petit et Freycinet.
Moulins: Imprimerie Dole, Les Marmousets, 1982. Small folio, uncoloured illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt with coloured insert, a fine copy. An excellent facsimile of the official account of Baudin's coastal exploration of Australia. More
The great explorers.
Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, black and white photographs, maps. This book profiles forty of the worlds greatest explorers, from Europe, America, Asia and Australia. These are the men and women who changed our perception of the world through their courageous explorations, opening our eyes..... More