John Lort Stokes (1812-85) was a naval officer on board H.M.S. Beagle - the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 1831-6. Stokes served on that expedition and on the following commission, which was a survey of Australia in which the crew was charged with discovering more about the largely unknown land mass. The expedition set off in 1837 and Stokes did not return to England until 1843, when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. The work provides a detailed narrative of the journey, including interaction with indigenous peoples and observations about the natural world in Australia, making it an important source about the early years of the European colony. Volume 1 covers the exploration of north-west Australia, and Volume 2 describes a journey up the Victoria River, and a voyage north to the Indonesian archipelago.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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26 Plates, black and white; 8 Maps; 28 Halftones, unspecified
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Höhe: 217 mm
Breite: 141 mm
Dicke: 67 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-108-03273-5 (9781108032735)
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Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Plymouth to Bahia; 3. From the Cape to Swan River; 4. From Swan River to Roebuck Bay; 5. From Roebuck Bay to Skeleton Point; 6. Point Cunningham to Fitz-Roy River; 7. The Fitz-Roy River to Port George the Fourth, and return to Swan River; 8. Swan River to Sydney; 9. Bass Strait; 10. Sydney to Port Essington; 11. Port Essington; 12. Leave Port Essington; Appendix. Volume 2: 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.
