Discoveries in Australia : with an account of the hitherto unknown coasts surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, between the years 1837 and 1943

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    • Stokes, John Lort

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Discoveries in Australia : with an account of the hitherto unknown coasts surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, between the years 1837 and 1943

John Lort Stokes

（Cambridge library collection, . Travel and exploration）

Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2011

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk

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Discoveries in Australia : with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. Also, a narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in Arafūra Sea

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Reprint. Originally published: London : T. and W. Boone, 1846

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108032711

Description

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 - after 18 years of service on the Beagle - when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. This 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 Stokes' time exploring north-west Australia and includes illustrations of plants, insects, and reptiles.

Table of Contents

  • 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

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108032728

Description

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 - after 18 years of service on the Beagle - when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. This 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 2 sees the expedition explore the Victoria River, and later venture north into the Indonesian archipelago.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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