Discoveries in Australia by J Lort Stokes

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Author

Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885

Title

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.

Credits

Produced by Sue Asscher

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Natural history -- Australia

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12115

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12115

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA; — COASTS AND RIVERS — VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, — IN THE YEARS 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. — COMMAND OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. — A NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY'S VISITS — ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA. — J. LORT STOKES, — COMMANDER, R.N. — VOLUME 1. — 1846. — TO CAPTAIN ROBERT FITZROY, R.N. THE FOLLOWING WORK IS DEDICATED AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS DISTINGUISHED MERIT, AND AS A TOKEN OF HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND RESPECT, BY HIS OLD SHIPMATE AND FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. — INTRODUCTION. — CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1. — CHAPTER 1.1. INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER 1.2. PLYMOUTH TO BAHIA. — CHAPTER 1.3. FROM THE CAPE TO SWAN RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.4. FROM SWAN RIVER TO ROEBUCK BAY. — CHAPTER 1.5. FROM ROEBUCK BAY TO SKELETON POINT. — CHAPTER 1.6. POINT CUNNINGHAM TO FITZROY RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.7. THE FITZROY RIVER TO PORT GEORGE THE FOURTH, AND RETURN TO SWAN RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.8. SWAN RIVER TO SYDNEY. — CHAPTER 1.9. BASS STRAIT. — CHAPTER 1.10. SYDNEY TO PORT ESSINGTON. — CHAPTER 1.11. — CHAPTER 1.12. — APPENDIX. — LIST OF CHARTS. — VOLUME 1. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CHAPTER 1.1. INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER 1.2. PLYMOUTH TO BAHIA. — CHAPTER 1.3. FROM THE CAPE TO SWAN RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.4. FROM SWAN RIVER TO ROEBUCK BAY. — CHAPTER 1.5. FROM ROEBUCK BAY TO SKELETON POINT. — CHAPTER 1.6. POINT CUNNINGHAM TO FITZROY RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.7. THE FITZROY RIVER TO PORT GEORGE THE FOURTH, AND RETURN TO SWAN RIVER. — CHAPTER 1.8. SWAN RIVER TO SYDNEY. — CHAPTER 1.9. BASS STRAIT. — CHAPTER 1.10. SYDNEY TO PORT ESSINGTON. — CHAPTER 1.11. — CHAPTER 1.12. — APPENDIX 1. — LIST OF BIRDS, COLLECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, DURING THE YEARS 1837 TO 1843. — APPENDIX 2. — DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX FISH TAKEN BY THE OFFICERS OF THE BEAGLE ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA, BY SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D. F.R.S., ETC. INSPECTOR OF NAVAL HOSPITALS. — APPENDIX 3. — DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN REPTILES. BY JOHN EDWARD GRAY, ESQUIRE, F.R.S., ETC. — APPENDIX 4. — DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW OR UNFIGURED SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FROM AUSTRALIA. BY ADAM WHITE, M.E.S. ASSISTANT IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM. — APPENDIX 5. — DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW OR IMPERFECTLY CHARACTERIZED LEPIDOPTERA FROM AUSTRALIA. BY EDWARD DOUBLEDAY, F.L.S. ASSISTANT IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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