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

Name: 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
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ISBN: 9781108045964

ISBN-10: 1108045960

ISBN-13: 9781108045964

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Authors: Phillip Parker King

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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…

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List price: $67.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Introduction



Intended mode of proceeding, and departure from Port Jackson



Examination of Rowley's Shoals, and passage to the North Coast



Tansactions at Coepang



Visit to Van Diemen's Land, and examination of the entrance of Macquarie Harbour



Departure from Port Jackson, and commence a running survey of the East Coast



Transactions at Endeavour River, and intercourse with the natives



Cross the Gulf of Carpentaria, and resume the survey of the North Coast at Wessel's Islands



Examination of the coast between Cape Londonderry and Cape Voltaire, containing the surveys of Sir Graham Moore's Islands, Eclipse Islands, Vansittart Bay, Admiralty Gulf, and Port Warrender



Equipment for the third voyage



Cross the Gulf of Carpenteria, and anchor at Goulburn's South Island