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Phillip Parker King - Sailing Directions for the Coasts of Eastern and Western Patagonia, From Port St. Elena on the East Side, to Cape Tres Montes on the West Side, Including the Strait of Magalhaens, and the sea Coast of Tierra Del Fuego, Inbunden

Sailing Directions for the Coasts of Eastern and Western Patagonia, From Port St. Elena on the East Side, to Cape Tres Montes on the West Side, Including the Strait of Magalhaens, and the sea Coast of Tierra Del Fuego

AvPhillip Parker King

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

385 kr

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Sailing Directions for the Coasts of Eastern and Western Patagonia, From Port St. Elena on the East Side, to Cape Tres Montes on the West Side, Including the Strait of Magalhaens, and the sea Coast of Tierra Del Fuego

AvPhillip Parker King

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

243 kr

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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia

Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; Volume 1

AvPhillip Parker King

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

400 kr

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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia

Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; Volume 1

AvPhillip Parker King

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

285 kr

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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822

With an Appendix Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History

AvPhillip Parker King

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

606 kr

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This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817-22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements and the natural history of the region, often making comparisons with Captain Cook's account. Volume 1 covers the south, east and north coasts of Australia.

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822

With an Appendix Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History

AvPhillip Parker King

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

777 kr

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This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817-22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands.

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle

Between the Years 1826 and 1836

AvCharles Darwin,Robert Fitzroym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

706 kr

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In the years leading up to Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) had participated in an expedition to the desolate southern coast of South America. Volume 1 of this three-volume work, published in 1839, describes that 1826-30 expedition, while Volumes 2 and 3 cover the second voyage. Compiled by Robert Fitzroy (1805-65), captain of the Beagle from 1828, Volume 1 is based on the journals of Phillip Parker King (1791-56), the expedition's commander, whose account of his earlier survey of Australia is also reissued. Tasked with surveying the coast from Montevideo to Cape Horn and north to Chilóe, and 'collecting and preserving specimens of ... natural history', the expedition spent its first two field seasons around Tierra del Fuego, enduring hunger, scurvy and severe weather. It reached Chilóe in 1829, and returned to England a year later.

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle

Between the Years 1826 and 1836

AvCharles Darwin,Robert Fitzroym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

791 kr

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In the years leading up to Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) had participated in an expedition to the desolate southern coast of South America. This three-volume work, published in 1839, describes both voyages. Volume 2 is Fitzroy's account of his voyage with Darwin. He describes how the Hydrographer of the Admiralty, Captain Beaufort (founder of The Nautical Magazine, also reissued), approved the proposal that 'some well educated and scientific person' should join the expedition: Darwin was chosen. Fitzroy's descriptions of the locations visited and their natural history provide a fascinating counterpoint to Darwin's own account of the voyage, the first published version of which makes up Volume 3. Fitzroy refers regularly to the geographical and scientific books that he and Darwin kept in the ship's library. The majority of these are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle

Between the Years 1826 and 1836

AvCharles Darwin,Robert Fitzroym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

706 kr

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In the years leading up to Charles Darwin's 1832-6 voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) had participated in an expedition to the desolate southern coast of South America. This three-volume work, published in 1839, describes both voyages. Volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Fitzroy, contain accounts by professional mariners. Volume 3 is the first published version of the young Darwin's now famous journal. It later appeared as a free-standing publication (1840) and in a more popular second edition (1845), both reissued in this series. Darwin's preface refers to the detailed scientific publications resulting from his research: the geological studies of volcanic islands and coral reefs (also available in the Cambridge Library Collection), and the co-authored, multi-volume zoology. Darwin expresses thanks to Fitzroy for his 'most cordial friendship', to the ship's officers for their 'undeviating kindness', and particularly to his Cambridge mentor John Stevens Henslow.