‎Australie‎

‎FOX Len‎

‎Old Sydney Windmills. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.‎

‎COOK Captain James‎

‎The Journals 1768-1779. Selected, edited and introduced by Philip Edwards. [Complete with separate folding chart.] FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Together 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with decorative titles, numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations, maps in the text and large folding coloured map in separate cloth case; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in white, green endpapers, a fine copy housed in publisher's board slip-case lettered in white. The set comprises: First Voyage 1768-1771; Second Voyage 1772-1775; Third Voyage 1776-1779. The chart was drawn by Lieutenant Henry Roberts in 1784 and updated to include new discoveries in 1794.‎

‎ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.‎

‎America: Art and the West. Text by Celeste Marie Adams, Franklin Kelly, Ron Tyler. FINE COPY‎

‎4to., First Edition thus, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Catalogue of a major exhibition touring to Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney in 1987.‎

‎BRATRING, F.W.A.‎

‎Entdeckungsgeschichte Von Neu-Georgien oder Die Arsaciden-Inseln. New Georgia or the Arsacidian Islands and Their History of Discovery‎

‎8vo, 50 pages, with map and portrait bound in recent green paper boards. Text in German. This a monthly issue of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a large 50 page report about New Georgia which today is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In this report the author explores the history, fauna, flora and people of the islands and draws on accounts by John Hunter, Bougainville, Carteret, Labillardiere and others who visited them. The report is accompanied by a portrait of Captain John Hunter as well a fold-out map measuring 250 mm x 190 mm. A very early report and map on the Solomon Islands and very rare.‎

‎Sydney Harbour - Ball's Head - Armistice Day‎

‎Two Original Pamphlets: Public Celebration of Conclusion of Armistice with Germany & Ball's Head Beautification Scheme.‎

‎1 - Public Celebration of Conclusion of Armistice with Germany. The Domain, Sydney, Wednesday, 13th Nov., 1918. Arranged by the Government in Conjunction with the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia. An original 4-Page leaflet, printed by William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer. Includes an opening address by the Premier, Hon. W.A. Holman, with addresses by His Excellency the Governor, and Col. Chaplain McKenzie, M.C. Pamphlet measures approximately 10 inches x 7.5 inches (25cm x 19cm). Creases and repaired tears to leafs, otherwise in Good Condition. This is a Rare document printed by the Government of Australia. 2 - Ball's Head Beautification Scheme. Municipality of North Sydney . Inaugural Ceremony Held on Saturday, 25 July, 1931. An original 4-Page leaflet, printed by the North Sydney Printing Co. Includes program for the Inaugural Ceremony and a brief history of Ball's Head by Captain J. H. Watson, honorary research secretary of the Royal Australian historical society. Pamphlet measures approximately 9 inches x 5.75 inches (23cm 14,5cm). Indication of a fold to center, otherwise in Very Good Condition Nicely Preserved‎

‎South Australian Blue Book‎

‎Original Australian Parliamentary Papers: Tenders for Northern Territory Surveys, Ordered by the House of Assembly.‎

‎Original Australian parliamentary papers. No. 188. First Edition. Folio, 12 pages, string tied, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 8.5 inches (34cm x 22cm). In very good and original condition. Original papers printed by the government of Australia, containing references to eleven tenders for the survey of 300,000 acres of land in the Northern Territory. Following is the of tenders: From South Australia: C. McCarthy and others; Wright, Woods & Hamilton; J. Fawsett; and B.T. Finniss. From Melbourne: G.A. Woods & Co. and H.L. Lindsay From New South Wales: S.P. Bransby and T. G. Kennon From Queensland: J. C. Thompson and Jones, Tilson & Co.‎

‎FORBES, Henry O.‎

‎Notes on the Cocos or Keeling Islands.‎

‎8 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 8.25 x 9 inches (21 x 23cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating expedition report on the Malay Archipelago, specifically the Cocos or Keeling Islands, accompanied by a visually appealing and valuable fold out colour map for illustration. Charles Darwin formulated a theory of the origin of coral reefs, This report mentions Darwin's theories and observations frequently, and is an excellent example of how early and how widely Darwin's work and theories were accepted by all his peers regardless of the apparent controversy he stirred up.‎

‎STRONG, W. M.‎

‎Notes on the North-Eastern Division of Papua (British New Guinea).‎

‎5 page, plus a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 15 x 23 inches (38 x 58cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Brief yet captivating expedition notes to accompany the important map which was the primary outcome of a series of journeys made by the author from 1908 to 1912, while he was posted as medical officer to the Northern Division and Resident Majistrate for the North-Eastern Division of Papua. Together with his map, Strong remarks on the most remarkable geographical features, indigenous Papuan custom and ethnography, and how former female infanticide impacted the population's gender ratio.‎

‎NEWBOLT, Sir Henry; ROSE, J. Holland; DOUGLAS, H.P.; DYSON; Sir Frank.‎

‎Captain James Cook and the Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook and the Founding of British Power in the Pacific. Cook as an Hydrographical Surveyer. Captain Cook as an Astronomer.‎

‎Four Unique Reports on Captain James Cook. 30 pages. Includes black and white plates, plus a fold-out colour map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fantastic tribute to recount the merits and achievements of a once young apprentice to a shipping company at age 18, who later became one the world's most respected and accomplished explorers, and who commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain, and sailed around the world twice, the famous Captain James Cook. The first is a paper which was contributed to the Celebrations at Honolulu in August, 1928, a celebration with a threefold interest. The discovery of the Sandwich Islands was an event of unique importance in the story of the Hawaiians, and an incident of a typical and significant kind in the history of England; it is also the earliest recorded event in the history of what is now a State of the USA. On the topic of the Founding of British Power in the Pacific, Professor Holland answers in detail, the questions of what may have motivated the British Admiralty to unveil the age-old mystery of the southern tracts of the great Southern Ocean, and who sent Cook on those three long voyages. Cook, along with his patient crew of the Resolution hammered away at the Antarctic barrier, his iron strength breaking down under the prolonged strain of cold and privation, varied only by nauseating meals of highly salty meat and mouldy biscuits. Captain Cook has been hailed not only as the discoverer of several groups of islands in the Pacific, as the intrepid voyager who explored the coasts of New Zealand and Eastern Australia, but also as the chief explorer of the coast which is now Bristish Columbia, as the man who started the impulse which led to the North American-China trade, and thus laid the foundations of British power both in the southwestern and northwestern parts of the Pacific Ocean. Not only a renowned British Navigator and Explorer, this report includes fascinating detail of his career as a Hydrographical Surveyer, as well as an Astronomer. It was at age thirty that he was first heard of as a surveyer in connection with his well-known work of examining the St. Lawrence River and its channel, therefore making possible the attack on Quebec and the passage of the ships of the fleet in waters where the enemy had not dared to risk their vessels. Captain Cook's voyages lead to the establishment of colonies throughout the Pacific by several European countries. He travelled from his homeland of Great Britain to lands where few had gone before; bringing home much for his country. He was a discoverer, a mapmaker, and an innovator in the process of long distance sea travel.‎

‎CHALMERS, J.‎

‎Explorations in South-Eastern New Guinea.‎

‎16 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 8.75 x 23 inches (22 x 59cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This early report was written at the time of great interest in New Guinea as the southern part was annexed by Britain in 1884. A Major Early New Guinea missionary work on the south east region of the island. With detailed accounts of indigenous peoples culture, topography, including records of cannibalism, customs, weapons, ornaments, etc. Chalmer's joined the mission in 1877 and in his time penetrated further inland than any other European. His first post was to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in 1866, where "the community had been under the influence of Christian missions for decades. For years he had 'longed to get amongst real heathen and savages' and so rejoiced when he was assigned to work in New Guinea. He arrived in Port Moresby in October 1877." Chalmers travelled extensively, in some areas he travelled further inland than any other white men in his time. His main missionary activities were centred on the South-Eastern end of the country at South Cape, where he helped to build up a mission station among the Suau people." After a furlough in 1886/87 Chalmers returned to New Guinea to continue his missionary work but was killed near Goaribari Island in 1901.‎

‎WOODFORD, C. M.‎

‎Exploration of the Solomon Islands.‎

‎26 pages, plus a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 8.25 x 8.25 inches (21 x 21cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Woodford describes the brutal tomahawk attacks overtaking ships on the coast of Malayta, head-hunting, captivity and cannibal practices. Imagine his shock as in his travels he came across piles of skulls and even recognized some of the heads proudly displayed in homes! He also describes his visits to various islands including the Hebrides, and on the so-called recruiting practices of the "South Sea Island Labour Trade". This is a fascinating expedition account which includes also descriptions of his 3 separate unsuccessful attempts to reach the island's interior, each time met by hostile mountain tribes! A vivid first-hand account saturated with violence and cultural wonder.‎

‎Trotter, Coutts & Lawes, W.G.‎

‎New Guinea: A Summary of our Present Knowledge with Regard to the Island. (and) Recent Explorations in South-Eastern New Guinea.‎

‎22 pages plus a large fold-out color map measuring 13 x 23 inches (33 x 58.5 cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition This nineteenth century account includes a large colour map of New Guinea, with detailed coastline but a vastly uncharted interior, featuring at its center only two small villages. The author provides a succinct summary of discovery, followed by speculations of the origin of the inhabitants and uncharted territory inland. Topics range from Polynesian ancestry, head-hunting and cannibalism, religion and superstition, trade of commodities and slaves, Papuan law and custom, Dutch claims and English annexation. Also features contemporary news drawing from letters by J. Chalmers, foremost missionary and explorer in New Guinea.‎

‎THOMSON, Basil H.‎

‎New Guinea: Narrative of an Exploring Expedition to the Louisiade & D'Entrecasteaux Islands.‎

‎17 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 8.25 x 13.25 (21 x 34cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a most captivating expedition account of the author's adventurous explorations of the islands of the Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelagoes, inhabited by head-hunters and cannibals, included in the possession of British New Guinea. Accompanied by a charming fold-out colour map, showing Thomson's travel routes. Sir Basil Home Thomson was British colonial administrator in Fiji, Tonga and New Guinea between the years 1883 and 1893. Thomson begins his expedition from Port Moresby, traversing seventy miles on horseback to reach the coastal villages of Motu, Saroa, and Loyalupu tribes. Here he makes interesting remarks on the tribal trades, native canoes, polygamy, intertribal feuds, head-hunting practices, superstitions and witchcrafts, and common diseases. Then he proceeds towards Sudest Island, the largest of the Louisiades, here he finds some 400 miners prospecting for gold. The island was very sparsely inhabited, and the native have for years been the prey of the head-hunting parties from Brooker Island. From Sudest Island, accompanied by twenty miner, he sails towards the mysterious and dangerous Rossel Island, where its unsurveyed barrier reefs have caused so many shipwrecks. After landing on the island the expedition party proceeds towards Dixon Bay, then passes through the treacherous forest where they visit several villages, some deserted and some inhabited by cannibals and headhunters, which contained human skulls and bones , with huts filled with hunting spears, arrows, and much more. Afterwards he visits the island of Joannet, and the unexplored and densely populated island of St. Aignan (Misima), with about thirty villages, inhabited by industrious and skilful cultivators as well as head-hunters. Anchors on the north-east Point of Normanby Island, the most easterly of the D'Entrecasteaux Group, also densely populated, with remarkably clean villages. Here he sees a species of the Birds of Paradise and collects some species of Orchids. He also explores Ferguson Island, the largest of the D'Entrecasteaux - where he visited Kilkerran and Maybole mountain rangers - Goulvain and Welle Islands, and Goodenough Island.‎

‎BUCHAN, Alexander.‎

‎The Meteorological Results of the Challenger Expedition in Relation to Physical Geography.‎

‎21 pages including 6 colour maps on 5 fold-out sheets. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Buchan's incredible paper is on the scientific questions that arose when discussing the general movements of the atmosphere and of oceanic circulation, with particular relations to physical geography. The amazing Challenger expedition was thereby undertaken for both observational purposes and scientific research. Alexander Buchan was a Scottish meteorologist, oceanographer and botanist, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting. This extraordinary report is accompanied by six fold-out colour maps.‎

‎GREEN, W.S.‎

‎Recent Explorations in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.‎

‎8vo. 14 pages, plus a remarkable folding colour map. This is a complete issue of the Royal Geographical Society, published February 1884, in excellent condition, containing the above narrative, and historically valuable map. Item is in original condition, with blue wrappers, as issued, complete with all the ads. The color map map highlights the Great Tasman Glacier of Mount Cook, and its tributaries, also shows glaciers and summits which were named for Hooker, Freshfield, Haast, Darwin, Whymper, Francis Joseph, Malte Brun and Hochstetter. A recollection of mountaineering adventure and splendour, Green describes the perils and milestones of the first ever European ascent to reach the summit of Zew Zealand's highest peak - Aoraki (Mount Cook)! Three different approaches were taken, first by the ridge on the south side, unsuccessful though lending to spectacular photographic views, the second attempt being a delightful challenge, 17 hours of arduous climbing along the northern arête later named the Hochsetter Ridge. Finally, via the Ball, Freshfield, and Linda glaciers, the climbers reached their highest point of the peak on third attempt, and, being depleted of provisions, began the return to base camp to record their observations. William Spotswood Green (1847-1919) was an Irish reverend, climber and naturalist, specializing in marine biology. He was a member of the English Alpine Club and became a mountain climber, especially known in Canada and New Zealand. Together with Swiss hotelier Emil Boss and the Swiss mountain guide Ulrich Kaufmann, on 2 March 1882, William S. Green made the first recorded European attempt to reach the summit of Aoraki (Mount Cook) which is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching 3,754 metres. Ascending via the Tasman and Linda Glaciers, they arrived within 50 metres of the true summit before being forced back by inclement conditions. In the late 1880s he partook in a survey expedition in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. In 1883, the author published a full account titled, "The High alps of New Zealand, or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook." (London, Macmillan and Co.)‎

‎WOODFORD, Charles M.‎

‎On Some Little-Known Polynesian Settlements in the Neighborhood of the Solomon Islands.‎

‎29 pages, including 2 in-text sketch maps. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating travel report recounting the history of the Polyesian immigration from Asia into the Pacific and the developing changes of this culture as it was influenced by invasions and growth. Mr. Woodford was recognized for his extensive study of the Polynesians and Malenesians. He provides intricate details on the tattooing procedure and nostril piercing for men, on the construction of canoes which were beginning to be replaced by European boats and half-decked cutters, and on the tools and weapons used.‎

‎TERRY, Michael.‎

‎From East to West Across Northern Australia.‎

‎22 pages. Plus a full-page sketch map and photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is an extensive expedition account of Mr. Terry, an explorer and gold prospector, traveling on a Ford motor car in the little-known portion of Australia, the Northern Territory, from Winston in Western Queensland to Broome on the West Australian coast, containing exceptional details of his adventures. This fascinating account pre-dates the author's book, entitled "Across Unknown Australia," first published in 1926, and is beautifully illustrated with photographs and a sketch route map. Following is Mr. Terry's travel route from Winton to Broom: Winton, Kynuna, McKinlay, Cloncurry, Duchess, Camooweal, Avon Station, Rankin River, Alexandria Station, Alroy Station, Brunette Station, Anthony's Lagoon, Monmoonah Water Hole, Newcastle Waters, Yellow Water Holes, Jump-up, Montijinny Out-station, Pigeon Holes Out-station, Wave Hill Station, Inverway Station, Soakage Creek Station, Flora Valley Station, Hall's Creek, Mulla-Bulla Station, Booty's Selection, Margaret River Station, Cox's Selection, Fitzroy Crossing, Debry, Broome.‎

‎CLOWES, Laird.‎

‎Ships of Early Explorers.‎

‎20 pages. Plus black and white plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This engaging report, rich in historical detail, deals with 'ships of early explorers'. The author discusses Viking ships and other vessels that were found at the bottom of various bodies of water, each one providing information on the smaller details of early ship building over a period of about 3000 years. Accompanying this informative report are numerous sketch illustrations of ancient and important ships, some found near Arabia 1457, in the Indian Ocean 1500, in the South Atlantic 1529 as seen on ancient maps, and specifically of the Chinese Funk in the Red Sea 1375, the Golden Hind near Celebes circa 1595, and Captain Cook's ships Resolution and Adventure prior to his second voyage of 1772.‎

‎CROSSLAND, Cyril‎

‎The Island of Tahiti.‎

‎21 pages, including sketch maps and illustrations. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is an exceptional report on the geology and natural history of the Island of Tahiti provided by a distinguished naturalist, Dr. Crossland, illustrated with several sketch maps showing Tahiti and Taiarapu; the mouth of the Fautaua River, Taunoa Harbour; the mouth of the Punaruu river, as well as, amazing photographs depicting west coast of Tahiti; the island of Moorea from Atine; the north-east side of Tahara Head; Papeari; beach of Pocillopora on Motu Au; a wrecked islet off Hitiaa; and "Nansouty" islet. The author also discusses how the three easternmost groups of Polynesia differ one from another by decribing their volcanic origin, maritime flats, and coral reefs. Crossland was praised in his obituary in the journal "Nature" as 'one of the last explorer-naturalists of the Darwin type'.‎

‎BAKER, John R.‎

‎The Northern New Hebrides.‎

‎21 pages, including sketch maps. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. An intimate first-hand perspective with fascinating anthropological and ethographic details of the unusual Sakau culture in the islands of Espiritu Santo and Gaua, particularily in the northeastern peninsula of the former island which is called Sakau. It examines the life of the cheerful and remarkably honest native people, the Melanesians, who lived almost precisely the life that their ancestors lived. With sketch maps, showing inhabited and uninhabited villages, as well as Hog Harbour, a village in northeast Santo so-named by explorers who were in awe of the abundance of pigs. A informative description of the Hebrides and a remarkably engaging travel account.‎

‎KARIUS, C. H.‎

‎Explorations in the Interior of Papua and North East New Guinea: The Source of the Fly, Palmer, Strickland, and Sepik Rivers.‎

‎18 pages. Plus photographic plates, and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 15 x 21 inches (38 x 53cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a remarkable report on significant expeditions into unknown regions to the interior of New Guinea, a journey of arduous climbing, scaling, or circumventing fragile sheer rose-colored limestone faces, navigating through valleys and gorges, and rafting powerful rivers, in the midst of perpetual earth tremors and landslides. This exciting journey, which also endured injury and shortage of food, was rewarded with the discovery of the sources of both the Palmer and Strickland rivers, of two additional previously unknown streams, and also of a pass to the main mountain range. Includes entertaining anecdotes of encounters with indigenous tribes such as attempted robbery from the traveler's camp on the Fly river, communication with signs, and the introduction of tobacco to the native populations. With a fantastic route map, not only showing two journeys, but also describing geographical features, placing huts and villages, outlining international and colonial boundaries, and indicating vast unexplored territory in the east.‎

‎TERRY, Michael.‎

‎Two Journeys Westwards from Horseshoe Bend and Oodndatta, Central Australia.‎

‎6 pages, including 3 sketch maps. Plus a few photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Some crease to pages and wrappers, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Michael Terry, known as "The Last of the Australian Explorers" was an explorer and gold prospector, and the leader of fourteen inland Australia expeditions between 1923 and 1935, mainly working for Adelaide mining companies seeking minerals. This is a succinct account of his prospecting expedition to the Petermann and Tomkinson Ranges in Central Austraila, in which he traversed approximately 3000 miles in the lands west of the Overland Telegraph Line in search of useful minerals including gold. Terry did not find any significant mineral, but found great quality pastoral land in and adjacent to the Tomkinson, Mann, and western portion of the Musgrave Ranges.‎

‎Michael Terry & Donald George Mackay‎

‎Explorations Near the Border of Western Australia. [AND] The Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition, Central Australia, May - June 1930.‎

‎17 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 12.25 x 14 inches (31 x 36cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating report by a man who during the previous eleven years had led twelve in Australia with the principal object of searching for minerals of commercial importance. The scope of his field work was now to include reconnaissance survey, soil study, meteorology, and the collection of specimens for the Adelaide Museum. Included is a brief report by Donald Mackay entitled, 'The Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition, Central Australia, May - June 1930.' Accompanied is a lovely fold-out colour map of Western and Central Australia illustrating both reports. Donald George Mackay (1870-1958) was an Australian outdoorsman, long-distance cyclist, and explorer who conducted several expeditions to the remotest areas of the Australian continent. Beginning in 1930, Mackay supervised several aerial survey expeditions to Central Australia. The 1930 expedition surveyed the Southwestern corner of the Northern Territory. Mackay utilized two ANEC III aircraft for the survey, piloted by Captain Frank Neale and Captain H. B. Hussey, with Commander Harry T. Bennett as the navigator and surveyor. The team made 15 survey flights over 24 days, mapping and correcting the dimensions of Lake Amadeus and finding a previously unknown lake (Lake Mackay). The expedition finished at Adelaide on 28 June 1930. Michael Terry, FRGS, FRGSA (1899-1981) was an Australian explorer, surveyor, prospector and writer. He was born at Gateshead, County Durham, England. During the First World War he served with No. 2 Squadron of the RNAS Armoured Cars in Russia against the Bolsheviks, by whom he was captured at Kursk though subsequently released. He moved to Australia in 1918. Between 1923 and 1935 he led 14, mainly gold prospecting, expeditions through inland Australia. Among his published books include: "Untold Miles: three gold-hunting expeditions amongst the picturesque borderland ranges of Central Australia," "Hidden Wealth and Hiding People [a search for gold amongst the blacks of Central Australia]," "Through a Land of Promise: With Gun, Car and Camera in the Heart of Northern Australia," "Across Unknown Australia," "Sand and Sun: Two Gold-Hunting Expeditions in Australia," "Journey to NW & Central Australia."‎

‎Atlas, Maps, Prospectus‎

‎Original Prospectus Piece, With a Sample Colour Map of New Zealand and an Order Form, for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography'.‎

‎Original Prospectus Piece for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography', published by W. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh, 1894. With a sample colour map of New Zealand from the Atlas, list of maps and plans, and an order form. Single leaf, double sided, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30cm). Near Fine Condition. The Atlas contained 112 coloured plates, maps, and plans of cities, and an introduction, giving an account of geographical discovery and political territorial changes in the nineteenth century, by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.‎

‎BENSON, Professor W. N.‎

‎Notes on the Geographical Features of South-Western New Zealand.‎

‎9 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus photographic plate and a fold-out diagram. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating expedition report on one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand - the south western extremity often known as Fiordland. Most of it was then difficult to access, incompletely mapped or unexplored, and geologically but little known. Among subjects discussed include a brief history of exploration and mapping, topography, vegetation, the valley-system, and coastal plateau. Accompanied by diagrams showing Dusky and Breaksea Sounds, Milford Sound, and Tutoko Peak, plus spectacular photographs, some depicting Homer's Saddle, Hall Arm in Doubtful Sound, Grave Talbot Pass, and Hollyford Valley.‎