A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and half in that island. (1966 Libraries Board of South Australia facsimile edition of Matthew Flinders 1814 work.)

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cciv + 269, + 613pp + 18 maps & 10 plates in matching case. An ex-library set in nice condition with minimal lib markings - Vols I & II have just a small round rubber stamp to title page, a number stamped and hand written, neatly, to top of fep, and a small rubber stamp to front cover, the maps and plates each have a small round rubber stamp with title and reference number typed in upper margin otherwise the set is good and clean throughout. The Atlas box contains 18 large fold out maps all in original folds numbered I to XVIII with numbers 8 and 9 missing and three numbered 15 ( each different ) plus all 10 single fold Botanical plates with rubber stamp and typed title to verso. The set weighs about 9 kg and additional P&P will be requested for overseas buyers. No surcharge to mainland UK. 14 x 11 inch. N° de ref. del artículo lggg078

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