Discoveries in Australia 2 Volume Set: Discoveries in Australia: With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed During the Voyage of the HMS ... Library Collection - History of Oceania) - Softcover

Stokes, John Lort

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ISBN 10: 1108032710 ISBN 13: 9781108032711

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

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John Lort Stokes (1812–85) was an officer on H.M.S. Beagle - the ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin. The ship's next commission was a survey of Australia, which lasted nearly six years, and Stokes published a two-volume account of it in 1846. Volume 1 covers exploration in north-west Australia.

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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.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108032710
• ISBN 13: 9781108032711
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 588