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University of Western Australia, Australia, 1999. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Minor marks and wear to book. Jacket covered neatly with adhesive plastic. ISBN: 1876268247. ISBN/EAN: 9781876268244.. 9781876268244
Sent Forth A Dove: Discovery of the Duyfken by James Henderson - 1999
by James Henderson
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Sent Forth A Dove: Discovery of the Duyfken
by James Henderson
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Perth, Western Australia: UWA Publishing, 1999. Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Minor sunning to spine. Some foxing to inside of covers and half-title page. Otherwise internally clean. 218pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 170mm x 240mm.
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- ISBN 10 1876268247
- ISBN 13 9781876268244
- Publisher UWA Publishing
- Place of Publication Perth, Western Australia
- Date Published 1999
- Size 170mm x 240mm
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by James Henderson
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Sent Forth a Dove: Discovery of the Duyfken
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Nedlands, Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). The rear endpapers show some browning. The jacket has slight edge wear, no tears of chips. This is a Presentation Copy, numbered and signed by the author. This is number 252 of 1,000. The author reconstructs the career of the Duyfken, a Dutch East India Company vessel that landed the first Europeans on the Australian continent without realizing they had discovered a sixth continent. The chart of the Duyfken's skipper, Willem Jansz, lay in the archives for many years before being discovered. The author also recounts the story of the building of a replica Duyfken, a project that would also become a voyage of discovery. 218 pages, illustrated..
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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
by Henderson, James
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Published by University Of Western Australia Press, 1999. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Nearly Fine. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.
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