Pacific Exploration

Journal of the HMS Resolution

The son of a farm labourer, James Cook lacked every worldly requisite of a successful naval career in the eighteenth century. His rise to eminence owed all to merit. In one decade, he opened up the Pacific, discovery and charting hitherto unknown land and seas with masterly flair and judgement.

Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks

The journal of botanist Joseph Banks, who travelled aboard the HMS Endeavour on Captain Cook's first voyage to the South Pacific.

2 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, title gilt to spines. With the dust jackets. Coloured frontispiece to each and 14 other similar plates. 80 black and white plates, 8 sketch-maps to the text, all but 2 full-page, folding track-chart.

Matthew Flinders: Navigator And Chartmaker

Matthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker

Originally published in 1986 by Genesis Publications and Hedley Australia. In a once only printing of 2000 copies worldwide, these are the final copies available, new and mint. Each large book is superbly printed on high quality art paper and produced in a decorative green cloth-case, with a full colour painting blind-blocked into the front and gilt lettering on front, back and spine.

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