Author: KING, ROBERT J; MALASPINA, ALEXANDRO.
Title: The Secret History of the Convict Colony: Alexandro Malaspina's Report on the British Settlement of New South Wales.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 179; portrait frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. illustrations, 11 maps, notes, endnotes, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1990; Malaspina's secret report on the new colony does more than demonstrate how the European powers of the time used scientific enquiry as a cover, a means of furthering political and strategic designs. It presents evidence that Britain's Botany Bay project was part of a long term strategy to weaken her rival, Spain, by challenging her vulnerable Pacific empire.
Keywords: Australian History New South Wales Local
Title: The Secret History of the Convict Colony: Alexandro Malaspina's Report on the British Settlement of New South Wales.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 179; portrait frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. illustrations, 11 maps, notes, endnotes, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1990; Malaspina's secret report on the new colony does more than demonstrate how the European powers of the time used scientific enquiry as a cover, a means of furthering political and strategic designs. It presents evidence that Britain's Botany Bay project was part of a long term strategy to weaken her rival, Spain, by challenging her vulnerable Pacific empire.
Keywords: Australian History New South Wales Local
Price: AUD 40.00 = appr. US$ 27.67 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 125771
- Book number: 125771