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Product Description: Phillip Parker King has been described as the greatest of Australia's early marine surveyors. But while the achievements of Cook and Flinders are widely known, this is the first telling of King's story. Unlike Cook and Flinders, King was Australian-born-the son of Philip Gidley King, governor of New South Wales...read more

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9780522847208 | Melbourne Univ Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Racy, yet scholarly, this biography captures the life of King and his five hazardous voyages to reveal his significant achievements as Australia's third great hydrographer after Cook and Flinders.

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9780522850437 | Melbourne Univ Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Phillip Parker King has been described as the greatest of Australia's early marine surveyors.

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Product Description: John Lort Stokes was commissioned by the British Hydrographic Office in 1837 to survey and chart unknown parts of the Australian coastline. He was the last Royal Navy surveyor to hold such a roving commission-as had Matthew Flinders and Phillip Parker King before him...read more

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9780522843767 | Melbourne Univ Pr, November 1, 1990, cover price $44.95 | also contains In 100 Years: Leading Economists Predict the Future | About this edition: "Mariners Are Warned!

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9780522850444, titled "Mariners Are Warned: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843" | Melbourne Univ Pr, August 1, 2003, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: John Lort Stokes was commissioned by the British Hydrographic Office in 1837 to survey and chart unknown parts of the Australian coastline.

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