| A selection of just twenty-four exceptional pieces including the remarkable original journal of Moraleda y Montero from the voyage of the Spanish warship El Buen Consejo in 1769. The catalogue also includes:
a beautiful copy of Flinders' Voyage in original boards
the rare first unofficial edition of Wilkes' Antarctic voyage
a number of important early voyage books including Herrera
the first atlas of America, by Wytfliet
a series of remarkable manuscripts including a sheaf of letters from Duperrey to Freycinet
an album of exploration accounts prepared by John Oxley and others for Phillip Parker King
a rare example of Captain Cook's autograph
Australian: $20 (Approx. US $21, Euro €16) |