George Collingridge

The Discovery of Australia

Hayes Brothers, Sydney, 1895. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition. 32.5cm x 26cm. xvi, 376 pages, 12 maps, 5 folding, black and white illustrations and maps. Rebound in brown cloth, leather label with gilt lettering, new endpapers. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discover in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the "Endeavour," in the year 1770. With illustrations, charts, maps diagrams, &c. copious notes, references, geographical index and index to names. FERGUSON 8465. First and last page heavily tanned. The final leaf with extensive page repair and minor repair to the two preceding leaves. Some foxing, mostly first and last leaves. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Exploration; Countries::Australia. Inventory No: 0034278.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0034278

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia. Unbranded George Collingridge The Discovery of Australia Countries::Australia

J. E. Heeres

Het Aandeel der Nederlanders in de Ontdekking van Australie, 1606-1765 / The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia, 1606-1765

E. J. Brill and Luzac & Co. Leiden and London, 1899. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 36cm x 26cm. xvii, xvii, 100, 100, 101-106 pages, 2 folding maps. Original cloth. Text is in English and Dutch. The side-by-side bilingual work on the Dutch exploration of Australia. Minor soiling to cloth. Minor chipping to spine head and tail. Foxing to endpapers, minor to maps. Minor tanning. Shipped Weight: 1.9 kilos.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0034578

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Unbranded J. E. Heeres Het Aandeel der Nederlanders in de Ontdekking van Australie, 1606-1765 / The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia, 1606-1765

Robert Jarman

Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in the Japan,

Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2009. Deluxe Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9781920738143 23cm x 15cm. xii, vi, 318 pages, portrait frontispiece. Quarter leather, black lettering. employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of Capt. John May. First published at Beccles and London in 1838. Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Deluxe limited edition of 70 numbered copies within the overall limitation of 200 copies for sale. A new edition of the very rare account first published in two issues in 1838 and until now never reprinted - see FORBES 1104, also BAGNALL 2685 and FERGUSON 2526 (and 2526a). Robert Jarman, the son of a printer at Beccles, joined the crew as a young man of twenty years on a whaling voyage to the South Seas in 1831. During the next three to four years young Robert's forecastle jottings were transformed into a lively and well-crafted tale. The primary theme is the hard, unrelenting search for whales, reflected in Jarman's methodical recording of encounters with other whalers and elaborated with graphic descriptions of the excitements and dangers of whaling with the inevitable accidents, injuries, and tragic deaths. After cruising the Japan Sea, the ship reached the Hawaiian Islands at the end of October 1832 and anchored at Honolulu. "The author noted 18 whalers in port. He describes the harbor and the method by which ships were towed in, and the Honolulu Fort, and the town and its native people" (Forbes). He tells also of surviving gales and near disaster when the Japan was dismasted in a hurricane, which forced the stricken ship to Sydney for extensive repairs. Jarman gives an interesting account of Sydney, with perceptive comments on convicts and their management and the Aboriginals and their customs including the use of the boomerang. Subsequently the ship cruised around Rotuma, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand before returning to England. Along the way Jarman gives accounts of visits to bays and islands to trade for fresh provisions, and of longer stays at various ports for wood, water and to benefit the crew. A welcome respite from the rigors and grinding repetition of shipboard life, Jarman was obviously captivated by those of the natives who were friendly, and he perceptively and sympathetically described their modes of life, customs, and the effects of European intercourse and colonization. The scope and appeal of this book is enhanced by some lengthy passages on natural history, including observations on the social behaviour of sperm whales and encounters with sharks, other fish and birds. Because of several chance but pertinent events he was able to include commentaries on several dramatic episodes of Pacific maritime history, such as the Bligh mutiny and its aftermath, and recent massacres of ships crews by islanders -- a constant fear for lightly-armed visiting whalers. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; ISBN/EAN: 9781920738143. Inventory No: 0033591.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0033591

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Unbranded EAN: 9781920738143 Robert Jarman Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in the Japan,

Robert Jarman

Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in the Japan,

Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2009. Special Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9781920738143 23cm x 15cm. xii, vi, 318 pages, portrait frontispiece. Quarter leather, gilt lettering, slipcase. employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of Capt. John May. First published at Beccles and London in 1838. Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Special limited edition of 30 numbered copies within the overall limitation of 200 copies for sale. A new edition of the very rare account first published in two issues in 1838 and until now never reprinted - see FORBES 1104, also BAGNALL 2685 and FERGUSON 2526 (and 2526a). Robert Jarman, the son of a printer at Beccles, joined the crew as a young man of twenty years on a whaling voyage to the South Seas in 1831. During the next three to four years young Robert's forecastle jottings were transformed into a lively and well-crafted tale. The primary theme is the hard, unrelenting search for whales, reflected in Jarman's methodical recording of encounters with other whalers and elaborated with graphic descriptions of the excitements and dangers of whaling with the inevitable accidents, injuries, and tragic deaths. After cruising the Japan Sea, the ship reached the Hawaiian Islands at the end of October 1832 and anchored at Honolulu. "The author noted 18 whalers in port. He describes the harbor and the method by which ships were towed in, and the Honolulu Fort, and the town and its native people" (Forbes). He tells also of surviving gales and near disaster when the Japan was dismasted in a hurricane, which forced the stricken ship to Sydney for extensive repairs. Jarman gives an interesting account of Sydney, with perceptive comments on convicts and their management and the Aboriginals and their customs including the use of the boomerang. Subsequently the ship cruised around Rotuma, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand before returning to England. Along the way Jarman gives accounts of visits to bays and islands to trade for fresh provisions, and of longer stays at various ports for wood, water and to benefit the crew. A welcome respite from the rigors and grinding repetition of shipboard life, Jarman was obviously captivated by those of the natives who were friendly, and he perceptively and sympathetically described their modes of life, customs, and the effects of European intercourse and colonization. The scope and appeal of this book is enhanced by some lengthy passages on natural history, including observations on the social behaviour of sperm whales and encounters with sharks, other fish and birds. Because of several chance but pertinent events he was able to include commentaries on several dramatic episodes of Pacific maritime history, such as the Bligh mutiny and its aftermath, and recent massacres of ships crews by islanders -- a constant fear for lightly-armed visiting whalers. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; ISBN/EAN: 9781920738143. Inventory No: 0033592.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0033592

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Unbranded EAN: 9781920738143 Robert Jarman Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in the Japan,

John MacGillivray

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake

T. & W. Boone, London, 1852. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library). 21.5cm x 13cm. xii, 402; vi, 395 pages, 1 folding map, 13 plates (6 tinted lithographs), black and white illustrations in the text, 2 advertisement slips. Half leather, marbled papered boards. Commanded by the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N. F.R.S. &c. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. To which is Added the Account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. Ex-Brooklyn Public Library, perforated stamps. Page extremities tanned and brittle, lots of small chips and tears, significant page repairs to the preliminaries of volume 1 and the folding map. The tinted plate, Hut on Brierly Island with a 6cm closed tear to one edge. Some loss to the advertisement slip in volume 1. Occasional minor soil. Stain to the gutter edge of the final two plates in volume 2. Shipped Weight: 1.32 kilos.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0026731

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded John MacGillivray Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Countries::Australia Antiquarian & Rare

Jacob Le Maire

Mirror of the Australian Navigation

Hordern House, Sydney, 1999. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition. 9781875567256 31cm x 20cm. 32, [16], 72, [6], 64, [1] pages, colour illustrations. Quarter leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering. Australian Maritime Series No. 5. A facsimile of the 'Spieghed der Austalische Navigatie...' being an account of the voyage of Jacob Le Maire and William Schouten, 1615 - 1616, published in Amsterdam in 1622. With an introductory essay by Edward Duyker, New South Wales History Fellow, and English text by Alexander Dalrymple. Minor soiling to leather. Shipped Weight: 0.86 kilos. ISBN: 1875567259. ISBN/EAN: 9781875567256.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0033357

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Ships & the Sea. Unbranded ISBN: 1875567259 EAN: 9781875567256 Jacob Le Maire Mirror of the Australian Navigation Ships & the Sea

Peter Bromley Maling

Early Sketches and Charts of Banks Peninsula, 1770-1850

A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1981. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 9780589010300 40cm x 28.5cm. 104 pages, illustrations, maps, some colour, some tipped in. Quarter leather, gilt lettering and decoration, clamshell folder. Pre-1850, though mostly 1838-50 sketches and maps of Banks Peninsula, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, by French and British visitors to the region. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 388. Book is in Fine Condition. Moderate discolouration and minor soiling to clamshell with 3 small rubs to one edge. Shipped Weight: 2.79 kilos. ISBN: 0589010301. ISBN/EAN: 9780589010300.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0020095

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Geography & Maps. Unbranded ISBN: 0589010301 EAN: 9780589010300 Peter Bromley Maling Early Sketches and Charts of Banks Peninsula, 1770-1850 Geography & Maps

John Oxley

Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18

John Murray, London, 1820. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition. 27cm x 22.5cm. Quarto. xvi, 408 pages, 3 folding maps/charts, 1 folding engraved plate, 5 aquatints (2 hand-coloured), 2 folding tables. Half leather, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, and decoration, date panel, marbled papered boards, marbled endpapers. Oxley's account of his explorations of the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers: "the foundation work in the field of Australian inland exploration and the first detailed description of the interior of New South Wales." (Jonathan Wantrup, Australian Rare Books, 1788-1900) FERGUSON 796, WANTRUP 107. Bookplate of Robert Rowlands to front flyleaf. Stamp of Cowra High School Library to title page, no other library markings. Recently rebacked with an earlier spineback relaid. Marbled papered boards shelf worn and the board edges with some rubbing. The maps are foxed, moreso the first two, and those with minor stains and repaired along one fold, one with paper, the other with linen, one other minor paper repair to fore-edge of page 217/8. Minor foxing to the folding engraved plate, Field Plains from Mount Amyot, and the first table. The second table slightly misfolded and with a paper repair at the hinge tail. Minor marks to the hand coloured The Grave of a Native of Australia plate with a finger smudge to the top margin and a small white dot in the top right portion of the image. Arbuthnot's Range from the West has two stain to the left edge and the opposite page is tanned. The Liverpool Plains and Bathurst's Falls plates are foxed, Bathurst's Falls also with two small white marks to the right side of the image. The hand coloured plate, A Native Chief of Bathurst is in Very Good Condition as is the majority of the text with only the occasional minor mark or sign of handling. Shipped Weight: 1.61 kilos.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0019714

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia::New South Wales; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded John Oxley Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18 Countries::Australia:

Edwin W. Streeter

Pearls and Pearling Life

Hesperian Press, Perth, 2006. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover. New Book. 9780859052559 22cm x 15cm. [vi], 329, [1], 10 pages, colour plates, folding maps. Bonded leather, gilt lettering and decoration. Early Western Australian pearling. First published in 1886. Shipped Weight: .79 kilos. ISBN: 0859052559. ISBN/EAN: 9780859052559.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0018780

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Geography & Maps; Countries::Australia::Queensland. Unbranded ISBN: 0859052559 EAN: 9780859052559 Edwin W. Streeter Pearls and Pearling Life Geography & Maps Countries::Australia::Queensland

John Lingwood Stuart

Three Colonial Adventures

Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2018. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9781920738150 21.5cm x 13.5cm. [viii[, 64, [iv], 52, [ii], 82, [iv], 54, [2], 2 folding maps. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering. One of the Standard Edition of 100 numbered copies (from a total edition of 215). John Lingwood Stuart's three manuscript journals, here collected under the title THREE COLONIAL ADVENTURES, have never before been published. Written in 1849, 1851, and 1852-53 they provide a fascinating insight into the migration of a young man from England to Adelaide in South Australia and his subsequent adventures in his new land. His first journal comprises an interesting shipboard diary of his voyage to Australia on board the Minerva. Whilst not a particularly remarkable voyage in itself, his journal captures beautifully the experience of a migrant in the mid-nineteenth century, conveying with gentle humour just what it was like to be a passenger in those times, the routine, the duties, the boredom, the occasional excitement, the wildlife observed, the sickness and (fortunately few) deaths, and of course, the weather. His second journal is much more unusual and historically important. In 1851 Stuart signed on to a sealing expedition in South Australian and Kangaroo Island waters on the cutter Jane and Emma and he gives a detailed daily account of the progress of the voyage, the places visited, seals killed, skins and oil obtained, other wildlife observed, and encounters with sailors, settlers, and Aborigines. Following his return to Adelaide, in 1852 Stuart embarked on another expedition, this time overland by bullock dray to the diggings at the Bendigo goldfields. Again, historically important, and one of the few detailed journals of the time, Stuart recounts his adventures following the Murray and Loddon Rivers including comments on the squatters and Aboriginal people encountered along the way, the difficulties of travelling with bullocks and much else. Arriving at Bendigo he and his companions spent a few days investigating various gullies before commencing digging in Geelong Gully where almost immediately they found gold. All three journals have dated daily entries and have been meticulously transcribed, but the wealth of interesting information has been hugely supplemented by the detailed and informative footnotes and the account of Stuart's life (he subsequently became a mining engineer) by Robert M. Warneke. In addition Robert has provided maps of the two Australian journeys, carefully reconciling the places mentioned by Stuart to the geography; a detailed analysis of the seal catch and notes to the wildlife encountered in all three journeys; and an extensive bibliography of the references used. A detailed description of the original journals is provided by Julien Renard. An entirely new and original work, never before published, elegantly typeset with sparing and judicious use of colour to enhance the text and capture the flavour of the manuscript originals, and the volumes have been finely hand bound by Peter Lewis. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: 500 grams-1 kilos. Category: Exploration; Countries::Australia. ISBN/EAN: 9781920738150. Inventory No: 0033593.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0033593

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia. Unbranded EAN: 9781920738150 John Lingwood Stuart Three Colonial Adventures Countries::Australia

John Lingwood Stuart

Three Colonial Adventures

Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2018. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9781920738150 21.5cm x 13.5cm. [viii[, 64, [iv], 52, [ii], 82, [iv], 54, [2], 2 folding maps. Full maroon leather, gilt lettering. One of the Deluxe Edition of 70 numbered copies in full leather (from a total edition of 215). John Lingwood Stuart's three manuscript journals, here collected under the title THREE COLONIAL ADVENTURES, have never before been published. Written in 1849, 1851, and 1852-53 they provide a fascinating insight into the migration of a young man from England to Adelaide in South Australia and his subsequent adventures in his new land. His first journal comprises an interesting shipboard diary of his voyage to Australia on board the Minerva. Whilst not a particularly remarkable voyage in itself, his journal captures beautifully the experience of a migrant in the mid-nineteenth century, conveying with gentle humour just what it was like to be a passenger in those times, the routine, the duties, the boredom, the occasional excitement, the wildlife observed, the sickness and (fortunately few) deaths, and of course, the weather. His second journal is much more unusual and historically important. In 1851 Stuart signed on to a sealing expedition in South Australian and Kangaroo Island waters on the cutter Jane and Emma and he gives a detailed daily account of the progress of the voyage, the places visited, seals killed, skins and oil obtained, other wildlife observed, and encounters with sailors, settlers, and Aborigines. Following his return to Adelaide, in 1852 Stuart embarked on another expedition, this time overland by bullock dray to the diggings at the Bendigo goldfields. Again, historically important, and one of the few detailed journals of the time, Stuart recounts his adventures following the Murray and Loddon Rivers including comments on the squatters and Aboriginal people encountered along the way, the difficulties of travelling with bullocks and much else. Arriving at Bendigo he and his companions spent a few days investigating various gullies before commencing digging in Geelong Gully where almost immediately they found gold. All three journals have dated daily entries and have been meticulously transcribed, but the wealth of interesting information has been hugely supplemented by the detailed and informative footnotes and the account of Stuart's life (he subsequently became a mining engineer) by Robert M. Warneke. In addition Robert has provided maps of the two Australian journeys, carefully reconciling the places mentioned by Stuart to the geography; a detailed analysis of the seal catch and notes to the wildlife encountered in all three journeys; and an extensive bibliography of the references used. A detailed description of the original journals is provided by Julien Renard. An entirely new and original work, never before published, elegantly typeset with sparing and judicious use of colour to enhance the text and capture the flavour of the manuscript originals, and the volumes have been finely hand bound by Peter Lewis. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: 500 grams-1 kilos. Category: Exploration; Countries::Australia. ISBN/EAN: 9781920738150. Inventory No: 0033594.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0033594

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia. Unbranded EAN: 9781920738150 John Lingwood Stuart Three Colonial Adventures Countries::Australia

T. B. Wilson

Narrative of a Voyage Round the World; Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship "Governor Ready", in Torres Straits;

Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, London, 1835. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 22cm x 13.5cm. xvi, 350, [2] pages, 3 plates, 1 folding map. Full leather, gilt lettering. A description of the British Settlements of the Coasts of New Holland, more particularly Raffles Bay, Melville Island, Swan River, and King George's Sound; also, the manners and customs of the Aboriginal Tribes: with an appendix, containing remarks on transportation, the treatment of convicts during the voyage, and advice to persons intending to emigrate to the Australian Colonies. FERGUSON 2073. This copy without the 10 page catalogue of books and the plates bound in a different order. Rubbing to edges, aged reback and refurbish. Foxing to edges of endpapers and first and last pages. The plates tanned as usual. The maps with some foxing and a small tape repair to the verso at the tail of the hinge. King's Inn Library, Dublin stamp to verso of title page and colophon. Minor pencil notation to title page and front pastedown. Shipped Weight: .57 kilos.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0022367

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: BZDB407 Exploration; Countries::Australia; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded T. B. Wilson Narrative of a Voyage Round the World; Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship "Governor Ready", in Torres Straits; Countries::Australia Antiquarian & Rare