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An absorbing and masterly account of Australia's third great hydrographer, Phillip Parker King.

About the Author

Marsden Hordern is a fifth-generation Australian. His interest in history is of long standing, and for some years he served on the council of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Hordern's previous book Mariners Are Warned! was awarded the 1990 Age Non-fiction Book of the Year Award.

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"For the nautically minded reader this well written and splendidly presented work offers a feast of information. It is also a wonderful adventure story, equal to any of the more familiar fictional accounts of life at sea in Britain's sailing navy."

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