Discoveries in Australia Stokes Paperback Cambridge University Press Volume 2

Discoveries in AustraliaWith an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed during the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, between the Years 1837 and 1843\nAuthor(s): John Lort Stokes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108032728, 978-1108032728\nSynopsis\nJohn Lort Stokes [tel] was a naval officer on board [url] Beagle - the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 18316. Stokes served on that expedition and on the following commission, which was a survey of Australia in which the crew was charged with discovering more about the largely unknown land mass. The expedition set off in 1837 and Stokes did not return to England until 1843 - after 18 years of service on the Beagle - when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. This work provides a detailed narrative of the journey, including interaction with indigenous peoples and o.