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NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY - OF THE - INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN - COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. - PERFORMED BETWEEN - THE YEARS 1818 AND 1822. - BY - CAPTAIN PHILLIP P. KING, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., - AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON. - WITH - AN APPENDIX, - CONTAINING - VARIOUS SUBJECTS RELATING TO HYDROGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY. - IN TWO VOLUMES, - ILLUSTRATED BY PLATES, CHARTS, AND WOOD-CUTS. - VOLUME 1.
PREFACE.
TO - THE RIGHT HONOURABLE - THE EARL BATHURST, K.G., - HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, - AND - THE RIGHT HONOURABLE - THE LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, K.T., - FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, - THE FOLLOWING - NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL - COASTS OF AUSTRALIA, - PERFORMED UNDER THEIR LORDSHIPS' JOINT DIRECTIONS AND FLATTERING COUNTENANCE, - IS, BY PERMISSION, INSCRIBED - WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, - BY THEIR MOST GRATEFUL SERVANT, - PHILLIP PARKER KING.
INTRODUCTION.
VOYAGES FOR THE SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL COASTS OF AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER 1.
CHAPTER 2.
CHAPTER 3.
CHAPTER 4.
CHAPTER 5.
Full title
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 1 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (608K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Sue Asscher
Release date
2004-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1793–1856
An Australian-born naval officer and explorer, he helped chart long stretches of the Australian coast and later led the first voyage of HMS Beagle through the coasts of South America. His journals and surveys opened up a clearer picture of lands that were still little known to Europeans.
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