South Australian Land Exploration, 1856 to 1880
Adelaide, The Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1922.
Octavo, two volumes, viii, 184 pages [and] 20 folding maps (Stuart, Gregory, Hack, McKinlay, Giles, Warburton, Lewis, Winnecke and others), complete with the detachable sheet of adhesive numbers.
Later gilt-tooled half brown leather and buckram; outer leaves tanned; a few other minor signs of age and handling; an excellent set.
Historical Compilations based upon the Study of Original Documents, Number 3. Extensive details of Lewis' 1874-75 Lake Eyre expedition (4 pages) are accompanied by a reduced facsimile of the route map. This (hard to read) map includes 'a detailed examination of the course of the Barcoo as far as Innamincka' not found on the first version of the map, which was prepared and printed before the expedition ended and published as SA Parliamentary Paper Number 15 of 1875. [2 items].
Item #147207
Price (AUD):
$250.00