Matthew Flinders' narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis: 1798 preceded and followed

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London : 1946. Edition limited to 750 copies, folio, pp. 100, 2 ; full-page map, frontispiece, title vignette, and 6 handsome wood-engravings printed in green; previous owner's bookplate, else fine in original green cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g. This is another book of daring exploration in our Sea Series. I tried to produce these stories of high adventure in an exciting way, and planned to make the book a symphony in green. I even thought of scenting the paper with seaweed, and imagined

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