Bruny d'Entrecasteaux Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791-1793 edited and translated by Edward Dyuker and Maryse Duyker

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges.Foxing to foredges. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and at spine. Marks back cover and spine. Foxing to book flaps. Body text and binding are still very good.

In 1791, Admiral Bruny d'Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) sailed with two ships from France to search for his compatriot, the explorer La Pérouse, who was missing in the Pacific. Although d'Entrecasteaux failed to discover the fate of La Pérouse, and perished in the attempt, his voyage was more than a mere rescue mission.

Between 1791 and 1793, the expedition made several significant geographical discoveries, including the Derwent estuary, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, Eserpance Bay, and the Archipelago of the Recherche in Western Australia.

D'Entrecasteaux's voyage also yielded significant natural history collections and ethnographic observations, including some of the earliest observations of First Nations peoples in Tasmania and Western Australia. (book flap)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.