Author: MACMILLAN, DAVID S.
Title: A Squatter Went To Sea. The Story Of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition (1875) And His Life In Sydney.
Description: First Edition, 8vo; pp. x, 165; portrait frontispiece, 3 pages of plates (1 double-page illustration, 1 full-page map), 8 other line illustrations throughout text, bibliography; dustjacket a little rubbed; otherwise a very good copy. Sydney, Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., (1957). This book is a lively account of the life and times of a Scot who, by his leadership, by his scientific studies and exploration, added so much to the Australian heritage. It was Macleay who with Captain Arthur Onslow, R.N. (James Macarthur's son-in-law), as second-in-command, financed and led the first Australian scientific expedition to New Guinea in the barque Chevert in 1875.
Keywords: Australian nsw new south wales Sydney biography New Guinea exploration William Macleay
Title: A Squatter Went To Sea. The Story Of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition (1875) And His Life In Sydney.
Description: First Edition, 8vo; pp. x, 165; portrait frontispiece, 3 pages of plates (1 double-page illustration, 1 full-page map), 8 other line illustrations throughout text, bibliography; dustjacket a little rubbed; otherwise a very good copy. Sydney, Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., (1957). This book is a lively account of the life and times of a Scot who, by his leadership, by his scientific studies and exploration, added so much to the Australian heritage. It was Macleay who with Captain Arthur Onslow, R.N. (James Macarthur's son-in-law), as second-in-command, financed and led the first Australian scientific expedition to New Guinea in the barque Chevert in 1875.
Keywords: Australian nsw new south wales Sydney biography New Guinea exploration William Macleay
Price: AUD 20.00 = appr. US$ 13.84 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 17380
- Book number: 17380