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Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.

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Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.

John Lort Stokes

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After Darwin's famous voyage, the Beagle sailed again, this time to chart the coasts of Australia. Stokes records the survey years from 1837 to 1843, mapping harbors and rivers and meeting the land and its wildlife. Exploration at the edge of the known map. Sail the first volume of a continent's coastal discovery.

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  1. 1DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA;
  2. 2COASTS AND RIVERS
  3. 3VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, IN THE YEARS 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43.
  4. 4COMMAND OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
  5. 5A NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY'S VISITS
  6. 6ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA.
  7. 7J. LORT STOKES,
  8. 8COMMANDER, R.N. VOLUME 1.
  9. 91846.
  10. 10TO 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.
  11. 11INTRODUCTION.
  12. 12CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1.
  13. 13CHAPTER 1.1. INTRODUCTION.
  14. 14CHAPTER 1.2. PLYMOUTH TO BAHIA.
  15. 15CHAPTER 1.3. FROM THE CAPE TO SWAN RIVER.
  16. 16CHAPTER 1.4. FROM SWAN RIVER TO ROEBUCK BAY.
  17. 17CHAPTER 1.5. FROM ROEBUCK BAY TO SKELETON POINT.
  18. 18CHAPTER 1.6. POINT CUNNINGHAM TO FITZROY RIVER.

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