Discoveries in Australia

With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed During the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, Between the Years 1837 an
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03272-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 588 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 819 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stokes, John Lort

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.