Narrative of the Wreck of HMS Porpoise

Robert Purdie
Sydney: Hordern House, 2014.
First Edition.

22.5cm x 15.5cm. [viii], iii, 134 pages. Quarter cloth, blue papered boards, gilt lettering, illustrated french fold jacket.

“A lively account of sailing with Matthew Flinders, written by a young surgeon in the Royal Navy who survived the wreck of HMS Porpoise off the Queensland coast in 1803.” (rear cover)

. Fine Condition.

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