Letters and despatches of Capt. Henry Mangles Denham (H.M.S. Herald) to Sir Francis Beaufort and J. Washington, 1852-1856

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(Mainly 1856).

Written from Sydney, Auckland, Norfolk Island and Fiji, the letters deal with the movements of H.M.S. Herald, surveys, relations with colonial governments, activities of missionaries in Pacific, relations with Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji, possible annexation of Fiji, exploration of Viti Levu, natural history specimens, despatch of paintings and drawings, search for B. Boyd, death of Capt. P.P. King, paper on magnetic deviation at Corbu Islet, Fiji, retirement of Beaufort as Hydrographer.

(36 letters)

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