Letters of Capt. Phillip Parker King to W.E. Parry and Sir Francis Beaufort. Written from Port Famine, Valparaiso, London, Plymouth, Sydney, Port Stephens and Dunheved, New South Wales, 1828-1854

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Subjects include proceedings of H.M.S. Adventure, Beagle, and Adelaide in South America, Capt. R. FitzRoy, departure for Australia (1832), navigational aids at Port Jackson, wreck of Hive at Jervis Bay, murder of R. Cunningham, visit of H.M.S. Beagle to Sydney (1836), inner route to Torres Strait, supply of publications, observation of comet, J. Dunlop and Parramatta Observatory, death of Capt. O. Stanley, use of Torres Strait by steam vessels, French annexation of New Caledonia, need for British squadron in Australian waters, possible visit of Russian squadron (1854).

Also manuscript on difference in longitude by chronometers (1826).

(46 letters)

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