Author: JUKES, J BEETE.
Title: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R. N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. Two Volumes.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp.[ii], xiv, 423; frontispiece, 24 b/w plates, 1 b/w folding map of Great Barrier Reef. Vol. II. pp. [ii], viii, 362; frontispiece, 11 illustrations, 1 folding map of island of Java, appendices; both volumes in contemporary half blue calf, marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spines, raised bands, marbled page edges, marble endpapers, boards scuffed and chipped at edges spines worn, light foxing to early pages, bookplate of William F Ross on front endpapers, good sound copies. London, T. & W. Boone, New Bond Street, 1847. Blackwood was commissioned to make a detailed scientific survey of the north-east coast of Australia, with particular attention to the Great Barrier Reef - the first expedition to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission. Attached to the expedition were the marine geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, the zoologist John Macillivray, and the artist Harden Melville. From 1842 to 1846 they made a careful survey of the coast between Snady Cape and Torres Strait and explored the southern coasts of new Guinea, discovering most notably the Fly River. These surveys of Torres Strait and of the Great Barrier Reef were all of great importance, as were the discoveries made in new Guinea and the surrounding islands. Joseph Beete Jukes, the chronicler of the expedition, is remembered for both his scientific understanding of the reef and for his first charting of the reef. Wantrup. 92a, Ferguson, 4569.
Keywords: Australian exploration discovery New Guinea Torres Strait Jukes mar maritime history nat natural nature geography ship travel journey H.M.S. Fly die
Title: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R. N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. Two Volumes.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp.[ii], xiv, 423; frontispiece, 24 b/w plates, 1 b/w folding map of Great Barrier Reef. Vol. II. pp. [ii], viii, 362; frontispiece, 11 illustrations, 1 folding map of island of Java, appendices; both volumes in contemporary half blue calf, marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spines, raised bands, marbled page edges, marble endpapers, boards scuffed and chipped at edges spines worn, light foxing to early pages, bookplate of William F Ross on front endpapers, good sound copies. London, T. & W. Boone, New Bond Street, 1847. Blackwood was commissioned to make a detailed scientific survey of the north-east coast of Australia, with particular attention to the Great Barrier Reef - the first expedition to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission. Attached to the expedition were the marine geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, the zoologist John Macillivray, and the artist Harden Melville. From 1842 to 1846 they made a careful survey of the coast between Snady Cape and Torres Strait and explored the southern coasts of new Guinea, discovering most notably the Fly River. These surveys of Torres Strait and of the Great Barrier Reef were all of great importance, as were the discoveries made in new Guinea and the surrounding islands. Joseph Beete Jukes, the chronicler of the expedition, is remembered for both his scientific understanding of the reef and for his first charting of the reef. Wantrup. 92a, Ferguson, 4569.
Keywords: Australian exploration discovery New Guinea Torres Strait Jukes mar maritime history nat natural nature geography ship travel journey H.M.S. Fly die
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- Book number: 106974
- Book number: 106974