South Sea Argonaut: James Colnett and the Enlargement of the Pacific 1772-1803
- ISBN-10
- 1925588416
- ISBN-13
- 9781925588415
- Category
- Pacific Ocean
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Author
- Granville Allen Mawer
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