About this title: Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef was a graveyard for shipping. HMS Rattlesnake, an ageing British warship, was commissioned in 1846 to survey this magnificent 'Coral Sea' and to produce the first detailed chart of the New Guinea coast. Every reef, every shoal, every rock hazard has to be located and mapped with extreme accuracy. At stake was the pre-eminence of British sea power - and the ambitions of those on board. If all went well Stanley, the ship's brilliant captain, could expect a top job in the Admiralty; MacGillivray, the gifted naturalist, would be the world's expert on the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571210732ISBN:0571210732
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo. Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, hint of edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light rubbing/edgewear. Not price clipped. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571210732ISBN:0571210732
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0571210732 This book is in very good condition and is in its dust wrapper, which is also in very good condition. read more
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571210732ISBN:0571210732
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. This is the epic, and beautifully-told story of a great voyage of exploration. HMS Rattlesnake, an aging British warship, was commissioned in 1846 to survey Australia's treacherous Great Barrier Reef and to produce the first detailed chart of the New Guinea coast. At stake was the pre-eminence of British sea power-and the ambitions of those on board. read more
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