Author: J. P. Thomson
Title: Round the World
Description: Outridge Printing Co. Brisbane, 1904. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 24.5cm x 15.5cm. xxviii, 358 pages, 53 plates, 1 folding map. Original cloth, rebacked, retaining original spineback, gilt lettering. Account of the round the world voyage of James Park Thomson (1854-1941), decorated Scottish born-Queensland geographer and public servant. Includes descriptions of New Zealand, Samao, Fanning Island, Hawaii, North America from California to New York including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and the Mormons, the Rockies, Canada, Niagara, the United Kingdom including London, Westminster Abbey, Scotland, Aberdeen, The Crofters, Edinburgh, Belgium, Cologne, Switzerland, Paris, Rouen, Naples, Pompeii, The Suez Canal, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, home to Brisbane, and more in between. Thomson recounts much of Australia and in particular Queensland to those he meets as well as participating in numerous Geographical Society meetings and the twenty-fourth National Congress of the French Geographical Societies at Rouen. The telling of his meeting with Prince Roland Bonaparte was responsible for putting in motion a series of events leading to the State Library of New South Wales' eventual acquisition of the prized Tasman Map of Abel Tasman's 1642 and 1644 voyages. Minor foxing and tanning. <2.5cm closed tear at hinge tail of folding map. Shipped Weight: 1.25 kilos.
Keywords: BZDB407 Travel & Places; Countries::Australia::Queensland; Unbranded J. P. Thomson Round the World Countries::Australia::Queensland
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Title: Round the World
Description: Outridge Printing Co. Brisbane, 1904. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 24.5cm x 15.5cm. xxviii, 358 pages, 53 plates, 1 folding map. Original cloth, rebacked, retaining original spineback, gilt lettering. Account of the round the world voyage of James Park Thomson (1854-1941), decorated Scottish born-Queensland geographer and public servant. Includes descriptions of New Zealand, Samao, Fanning Island, Hawaii, North America from California to New York including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and the Mormons, the Rockies, Canada, Niagara, the United Kingdom including London, Westminster Abbey, Scotland, Aberdeen, The Crofters, Edinburgh, Belgium, Cologne, Switzerland, Paris, Rouen, Naples, Pompeii, The Suez Canal, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, home to Brisbane, and more in between. Thomson recounts much of Australia and in particular Queensland to those he meets as well as participating in numerous Geographical Society meetings and the twenty-fourth National Congress of the French Geographical Societies at Rouen. The telling of his meeting with Prince Roland Bonaparte was responsible for putting in motion a series of events leading to the State Library of New South Wales' eventual acquisition of the prized Tasman Map of Abel Tasman's 1642 and 1644 voyages. Minor foxing and tanning. <2.5cm closed tear at hinge tail of folding map. Shipped Weight: 1.25 kilos.
Keywords: BZDB407 Travel & Places; Countries::Australia::Queensland; Unbranded J. P. Thomson Round the World Countries::Australia::Queensland
Price: AUD 550.00 = appr. US$ 380.53 Seller: Book Merchant Jenkins
- Book number: 0034287
- Book number: 0034287
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