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Cruise of The "Alert"

Cruise of The "Alert"

by R. W. Coppinger

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Author
Coppinger, R. W. (Richard William), 1847-1910
Title
Cruise of the "Alert" : Four years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene waters (1878-82)
Credits
Produced by Greg Bergquist, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject
Mascarene Islands -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
43483
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43483
Release Date
August 16, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CRUISE OF THE "ALERT." — CRUISE OF THE "ALERT"
  2. 2.BY R. W. COPPINGER, M.D. ( Staff-Surgeon Royal Navy, C.M.Z.S. )
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CRUISE OF THE "ALERT."
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. FROM ENGLAND TO THE FALKLANDS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. EXPERIENCES IN PATAGONIA.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. EXPLORATIONS IN THE TRINIDAD CHANNEL.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. ON THE COAST OF CHILI.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. OUR SECOND SEASON IN PATAGONIAN WATERS. — VOCABULARY OF FUEGIAN WORDS. — NAMES OF FUEGIAN CHILDREN AT TILLY BAY.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. EXPLORATIONS IN SKYRING WATER.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII. TAHITI.—NASSAU ISLAND.—UNION GROUP.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. FIJI AND TONGA.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX. THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
  16. 16.CHAPTER X. TORRES STRAITS ISLANDS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI. SEYCHELLE AND AMIRANTE ISLANDS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION.
  19. 19.GENERAL INDEX.
  20. 20.INDEX OF NATURAL HISTORY TERMS. — ZOOLOGICAL. — BOTANICAL.

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