Vanished Fleets Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land
by Villiers
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- In quite good condition.
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed sage-green cloth sans dust jacket, pp. vii, 297, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, maps &tc.. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The name was changed from Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania in 1856. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania in 1642. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt, in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery. Between 1772 and 1798, only the southeastern portion of the island was visited. Tasmania was not known to be an island until Matthew Flinders and George Bass circumnavigated it in the Norfolk in 179899.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Lewis Best Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25809
- Title
- Vanished Fleets Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land 
- Author
- Villiers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - In quite good condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Maritime British Merchant Marine England
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