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 |
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| Author:
| Stokes, John Lort |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-05920-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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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 2 explores the Victoria River.
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 2 explores the Victoria River.