Encyclopedia of exploration to 1800 [volume one].
Potts Point: Hordern House, 2003. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper.
A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. With 2,327 articles, 4,000 cross-references, indexes of ships and persons (7,500 entries) and bibliographies (about 20,000 citations). Part two: 1800 to 1850 see [stock id 21009], Part three: 1850-1940: Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions see [stock id 25334], Part four: 1850 to 1940: continental exploration [stock id 27601].