Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 2 Volume Set Mixed media product
by Joseph Beete Jukes
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration series
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The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) studied at Cambridge under Adam Sedgwick and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
In 1839 he was appointed to a survey of Newfoundland, a place about which he had until then been in 'utter ignorance'.
The explorers failed to find the hoped-for mineral wealth they had been sent to prospect for, and in 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S.
Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea.
The Fly set sail for the Pacific in 1842, the year in which this two-volume account of Jukes' Newfoundland experiences was published.
Volume 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and life in the fishing communities of this harsh North Atlantic outpost.
Volume 2 focuses on Jukes' scientific observations, and includes descriptions of the island's natural history, geography and geology.
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:724 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/05/2011
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- ISBN:9781108030915
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:724 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/05/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108030915
