Format:
1 Online-Ressource (588 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139059206
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania
Content:
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
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108032728
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108032728
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139059206
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