Description
x + 253pp., hardbound with coloured dust-jacket, original cloth, gilted title on spine, with 57 charts and maps, and 8 charts by Matthew Flinders. ISBN: 0-85881-205-3.
From the Dust Jacket: On Austral Shores’ tells in detail for the first time the story of the European exploration of the 4000 kilometre coast of Victoria and New South Wales. Part Australian history, part travel guide, this unique book takes the reader on a journey to rediscover those features, on or near the shores of New South Wales and Victoria, which were described and named by James Cook, Matthew Flinders, George Bass, Nicolas Baudin, John Oxley and other early explorers.
