(FROUDE, J.A.) BLAINEY, Geoffrey. (editor). Oceana. Travellers' Tales of Early Australia & New Zealand...the tempestuous voyage of J.A. Foude, 1884 & 1885.
(Australia): Methuen Haynes, (985) Abridged edition of "Oceana: or England and her Colonies." (1885)
Cloth, 211pp.
Fine in d/w.
An account of Froude's expedition to Australia and New Zealand in 1885. On publication Froude's work was a bestseller, but aroused controversy in both New Zealand and Australia where it was both acclaimed as a masterpiece and indignantly condemned. $65 CAD