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Mariners are warned! : John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843

Hordern, Marsden C., 1922-1989
John Lort Stokes was commissioned by the British Hydrographic Office in 1837 to survey and chart unknown parts of the Australian coastline. He was the last Royal Navy surveyor to hold such a roving commission-as had Matthew Flinders and Phillip Parker King before him. The voyage lasted six years ...
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