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MASLEN, T.J.
The Friend of Australia; or, A Plan for exploring the interior and for carrying on a survey of the Whole Continent of Australia. By a retired Officer of the Hon. East India Company's Service. 2nd ed.
Lond: Smith, Elder & Co., 1836. 8vo. Hf.crushed morocco. Spine gilt panelled and with raised bands.T.e.g. (xxiv, 428pp.). With a fold. map of Australia, proposed double-page plan for a city, proposed flag, and a series of 3 double-page fine hand-coloured lithographs of the expedition crossing a river, carrying canoes, & crossing the desert with camels. Fine and complete. Rare. NOTE: Sometimes ascribed to Commander Allen Francis Gardiner, but according to Bonwick, the author was T.J. Maslen. The book plans a systematic exploration of the interior of Australia, using camels for desert transportation.
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