Sydney.: Hordern.. 2006.. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in the oceans, the islands, New Zealand and the polar regions from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. 724 pages containing 524 articles in about 700,000 words. Includes indexes of ships and persons, bibliographies. Bound in Saifu cloth with an attractive colour dustjacket. Quarto format. This third volume in Raymond Howgego's extraordinary award-winning reference work of exploration, is the penultimate in the work. The fourth volume is scheduled for publication at the end of 2008. Each volume stands on its own and is without doubt a vital work for anyone interested in the world of exploration or any reference or academic library. Highly recommended. .