The voyage of HMS Herald to Australia : and the South-West Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham / Andrew David
- Bib ID:
- 2090586
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- David, Andrew, 1924-
- Description:
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- Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1995
- xxviii, 521 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522843905
- Series:
- Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 3.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. England to Australia: 21 February 1852 to 18 February 1853
- Ch. 2. Lord Howe Island, Isle of Pines and Aneityum: 19 February 1853 to 1 January 1854
- Ch. 3. New Zealand and Raoul Island: 2 January to 2 September 1854
- Ch. 4. The First Visit to Fiji: 3 September to 24 November 1854
- Ch. 5. The Search for Ben Boyd: 25 November 1854 to 30 January 1855
- Ch. 6. Chimmo's Independent Cruises: 18 April 1854 to 17 September 1856
- Ch. 7. The Dismissal of MacGillivray and the First Visit to Norfolk Island: 31 January to 24 June 1855
- Ch. 8. The Second Visit to Fiji: 25 June 1855 to 3 February 1856
- Ch. 9. The Resettlement of the Pitcairn Islanders on Norfolk Island: 4 February to 26 June 1856
- Ch. 10. The Third Visit to Fiji: 27 June 1856 to 26 February 1857
- Ch. 11. The Survey of Port Jackson: 27 February to 20 December 1857
- Ch. 12. Surveys in Bass Strait, King George Sound and Shark Bay: 21 December 1857 to 29 June 1858.
- Ch. 13. The First Coral Sea Cruise: 30 June to 19 December 1858
- Ch. 14. The Second Coral Sea Cruise: 20 December 1858 to 14 October 1859
- Ch. 15. The Third Coral Sea Cruise: 15 October 1859 to 23 May 1860
- Ch. 16. Homeward Bound - Sydney to Surabaya: 24 May to 20 November 1860
- Ch. 17. Homeward Bound - Surabaya to Chatham: 21 November 1860 to 1 June 1861
- Ch. 18. Epilogue
- App. 1 Admiralty Instructions to Captain Denham
- App. 2 Rating chronometers and measuring meridian distances
- App. 3 Spelling of Fijian names
- App. 4 Glossary of Fijian and Polynesian words used in this book
- App. 5 List of Officers appointed to the Herald and Torch - 1852-61.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographies.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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