Item #3821 Geographical Memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula Northern Australia; observations on the Settlements established on the North Coast of New Holland, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1834.
Geographical Memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula Northern Australia; observations on the Settlements established on the North Coast of New Holland, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1834.
Geographical Memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula Northern Australia; observations on the Settlements established on the North Coast of New Holland, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1834.

Geographical Memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula Northern Australia; observations on the Settlements established on the North Coast of New Holland, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1834.

London: John Murray, 1834. Paperback. With a long report by Major Campbell, formerly the Commandant of Melville Island (52pp and fold out map of Cobourg Peninsula, Melville Island and Bathurst Island). Other content includes a account of Spanish exploration and establishment of a colony on the island of Juan Fernandez between 1749-1776; Observations on Inhabitants on the Southern coast of Arabia, Narrative of an Expedition through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the source of the Mississippi (with 2 identical folding maps).

Vol. 4 Part II, 1834. 8vo, iv + 129-421, largely unopened, complete with 5 maps, several fold-out maps + 2 b&w plates (heavily foxed); 8pp of ads in back. Original gray printed publishers' wrappers very slightly chipped at spine foot otherwise in outstanding condition. Very good. Item #3821

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