John Lort Stokes

Discoveries in Australia

With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed During the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, Between the Years 1837 an

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Produktbeschreibung

An 1846 account by an officer of H.M.S. Beagle of a six-year expedition to survey the coast of Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 819g
• ISBN-13: 9781108032728
• ISBN-10: 1108032729
• Artikelnr.: 33874768

Autorenporträt

John Lort Stokes (1811-1885) was an officer in the Royal Navy who travelled on HMS Beagle for close to eighteen years. From 1831 to 1836 Stokes served under FitzRoy as assistant surveyor for the second voyage of Beagle, and shared his cabin with Charles Darwin who was on board in a private capacity as a self-funded naturalist.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Leave Port Essington
2. Exploration of the Victoria
3. Victoria River
4. Victoria River to Swan River
5. Sail from Swan River
6. Sail from Rottee
7. Land sales
8. Gulf of Carpentaria
9. Gulf of Carpentaria
10. Indian archipelago
11. Post Essington and the N.W. Coast
12. Reported harbour
13. Exploration of interior
14. Australia to England
Appendix.