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Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS Fly - During the Years 1842-1846 (Paperback)
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Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS Fly - During the Years 1842-1846 (Paperback)
Series: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS Fly 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
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Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) was a geologist who studied at St
John's College, Cambridge under Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and,
after many field expeditions in England, was appointed to a survey
of Newfoundland in 1839. In 1841 he joined the H.M.S. Fly as a
naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of
Australia and New Guinea. He also made some inland investigations
on Java before returning to England in 1846. The following year he
published this two-volume account of his journey. Blackwood's
Magazine described Jukes' work as 'scientific without being
abstruse, and picturesque without being extravagant, [Jukes] has
made his volumes a striking and graceful addition to our knowledge
of countries highly interesting in themselves'. Volume 2 focuses
mainly on Java, where Jukes visited sugar and coffee plantations
and industrial sites. The appendixes contain vocabulary lists for
several indigenous languages, and notes on marine life and snakes.
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