Owen Stanley R.N.: Captain of the 'Rattlesnake
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Small glue residue on endpapers. Otherwise, clean text.
"Owen Stanley R.N.: Captain of the 'Rattlesnake'" chronicles the remarkable naval career of Owen Stanley, presenting a vivid biographical account of the officer who commanded HMS Rattlesnake on its celebrated surveying voyage through the treacherous waters of the Torres Strait and New Guinea coastline, and whose expeditions advanced Victorian-era geographical knowledge while bringing together some of the nineteenth century's most fascinating scientific and colonial figures.
Author: Adelaide Lubbock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Heinemann
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Small glue residue on endpapers. Otherwise, clean text.
"Owen Stanley R.N.: Captain of the 'Rattlesnake'" chronicles the remarkable naval career of Owen Stanley, presenting a vivid biographical account of the officer who commanded HMS Rattlesnake on its celebrated surveying voyage through the treacherous waters of the Torres Strait and New Guinea coastline, and whose expeditions advanced Victorian-era geographical knowledge while bringing together some of the nineteenth century's most fascinating scientific and colonial figures.