Phillip Parker King, Philip Parker King

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed Between the Years 1818 and 1822 - Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1827 two-volume work describes the Royal Navy's 1817-22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045964
• ISBN-10: 1108045960
• Artikelnr.: 35209803

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Intended mode of proceeding, and departure from Port
Jackson; 2. Examination of Rowley's Shoals, and passage to the North Coast;
3. Tansactions at Coepang; 4. Visit to Van Diemen's Land, and examination
of the entrance of Macquarie Harbour; 5. Departure from Port Jackson, and
commence a running survey of the East Coast; 6. Transactions at Endeavour
River, and intercourse with the natives; 7. Cross the Gulf of Carpentaria,
and resume the survey of the North Coast at Wessel's Islands; 8.
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; 9. Equipment for the
third voyage; 10. Cross the Gulf of Carpenteria, and anchor at Goulburn's
South Island.