H.M. Bark 'Endeavour'. Her Place in Australian History. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770
Carlton South, Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 1999 (third edition, 'with revisions')/ 1997.
Foolscap folio, xii, 468 pages with numerous plans and figures; these in-text plans and figures 'depicting the ship's architecture and construction, her deck plan, rigging, sails, armament, boats, cables, anchors and accommodation ... are also reproduced in natural size [on fifteen sheets] in the box accompanying this volume' to enable detailed examination of the illustrations.
Gilt-decorated cloth; a fine set in the near-fine slipcase (very slightly marked).
'Part Two of the text contains a composite log of "Endeavour"'s voyage up the east coast of Australia'. Number 13 in the second numbered series of Miegunyah volumes. An extraordinary work, aptly described as a 'fitting companion and supplement to standard works on Cook's voyages. It is also an absorbing book: discursive, erudite, at times poetic; full of wisdom, insight and information'. The number of times it has been reprinted (usually in a cheaper format) is testament to its lasting value.
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