while the Portuguese had increased supply in Europe
WorldCat records only twelve institutional holdings worldwide
The Petits Voyages were published separately over several years and this set is comprised of five separately bound books
these manuscripts vary considerably in size and textual content
378 engraved frontispiece
Uncut and In original Australian binding - "A Geographical Dictionary of the Australian Colonies" - Sydney 1848 - With locally printed map of Australia and early plates of Sydney 15th century while the Portuguese had increased"A Geographical Dictionary; or, Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies: Their Physical and Political Geography, together with a brief notice of all the Capitals, Principal Towns and Villages; Also of rivers, bays, gulfs, mountains, population and general statistics." This is interesting contemporary description of Australia, Illustrated by a folding hand coloured map of Australia, 22 full page lithographic hand coloured county maps and 4 full page