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