Letters of Capt. John Lort Stokes (H.M.S. Beagle) to F. Beaufort, 1841-1847

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Written from Swan River, Sydney, Port Essington, London.

Subjects include investigation of harbour for Australind, surveys of north-west coast, Gulf of Carpentaria and Bass Strait, Capt. Phillip Parker King, settlement at Port Essington, observation by Capt. J. Wickham of comet at Moreton Bay (1843), lighthouses in Bass Strait, dangers in entrance to Tamar River. (16 letters)

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