[Pacific Exploration] Hilder, Brett.

The Voyage of Torres. The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baez Torres in 1606.

St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 12980. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The author reconstructs the discovery and navigation of the Torres Strait between Australia and Southern New Guinea by Spanish Captain Luis Baez de Torres. "Which passage did he use through the strait? Did he see the mainland of Australia? Which islands did he stop at?-- Captain Brett Hilder gathered together all the clues and set out to establish the day-to-day route of Torres from his landfall-- to the end of his voyage in Manilla." Item #28133

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