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xxxii + 194pp., hardbound with dust-jacket, with maps and illustrations in black & white and colour. ISBN: 0-7022-1275-X.
Reconstructs the discovery and navigation of the Torres Strait between Australia and Southern New Guinea by Spanish Captain Luis Baez de Torres. “Which passage did he use through the strait? Did he see the mainland of Australia? Which islands did he stop at?– Captain Brett Hilder, –gathered together all the clues– and set out to establish the day-to-day route of Torres from his landfall– to the end of his voyage in Manilla.” with article: West New Guinea to Manila via the Spice Islands, pp. 124-134, including map “Diagram of the Philippine Islands showing Torres’s track from Ternate to Manila”.
![Gemeine Kokospalme. Fig. 317. [Common Coconutpalm]; Gemeine Arekapalme. Fig. 318. [Common Areca Palm]; Drachenblut-Rottang. Fig. 319. [Dragonblood-Rottang.]; Korb-Rottang. Fig. 320. [Basket-Rottang]](https://galleryofprints.shop/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JO58031-Petermann-1847-Botany-Philippines-600x750.webp)