HILDER, Brett

THE VOYAGE OF TORRES; The Discovery of The Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baez de Torres in 1606.

St Lucia. University of Queensland Press, 1980. Small 4to. First Edition pp.xxxiii + 194. Illustrated with maps and illustrations in b/w & colour. Fine copy in protected dust wrapper. Item #194819

For many years people have speculated about Torres's voyage of discovery along the southern coast of New Guinea and through what is now called the Torres Strait. Which passage did he use through the Strait? Did he see the mainland of Australia? Which islands did he stop at ?

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