Mermaid Tree, The: How A Tiny Unknown Ship Opened Australia’s North & West To Development, Dreams & Disappointment

AUSTRALIANA EXPLORATION
France, Britain and Holland competed to create bases on Australia’s north west coast in the early 19th century. The explorers and settlers included Phillip Parker King, Freycinet, d’Urville, Wickham, Stokes, Grey, Blackwood, Yule, Kennedy and Stanley.
xx, 297 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [275]-279. #010922
King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856 — Journeys. | Dumont d’Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842 — Journeys. | Mermaid (Ship) | Explorers — Australia. | Surveyors, Marine — Australia. | Australia — History — 1788-1851. | Australia — Discovery and exploration.