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Discoveries in Australia - With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed during the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, between the Years 1837 and 1843 (Paperback)
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Discoveries in Australia - With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed during the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, between the Years 1837 and 1843 (Paperback)
Series: Discoveries in Australia 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
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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.
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