SENT FORTH A DOVE: Discovery of the Duyfken

This work reconstructs the career of this intrepid little ship, tells the story of the building of the replica, and describes the author’s own quest for the Duyfken, which finally took him to the remote corner of Australia. 1606 wreck of the first Europeans to land on Australian shores and the Duyfken’s recreation 400 years later. 010114/0318+1X/0821/110122/231122/050424

• xiv, 218 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. First Edition
• Duyfken (Ship)
• Duyfken (Ship : Replica)
• Sailing ships — Western Australia — Reproductions
• Australia — Discovery and exploration — Dutch