Author: John NunnPublisher:
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Category : Kerguelen Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Narrative of the Wreck of the "Favorite" on the Island of Desolation [Kerguelen Island]
Author: John NunnPublisher:
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Category : Kerguelen Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Narrative of the wreck of the 'Favorite' on the island of Desolation (Kerguelen Land): detailing the adventures, sufferings and privations of John Nunn; ed. by W.B. Clarke [from Nunn's account as told to him].
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Author: John NunnNarrative of the Wreck of the 'Favorite' on the Island of Desolation
Author: John NunnPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230358260
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...I found the objects I was in search of in the bank in which I had deposited them. These I removed, and, bringing them with me, retraced my steps to Austra Beach, where I arrived after much fatigue. The distance of Sidney Cove from Austra Beach is about ten miles; and as I had been much reduced in strength by long fasting and insufficient food for some days, in conjunction with an almost sleepless night, towards the close of my journey I could scarcely place one foot before another; and when I reached our boat was glad to avail myself of what provision my companions had prepared for me and of what rest I could obtain. During my absence the remainder of the party had brought the oars, spars, and other things from the opposite side of the " haul-over," and deposited them near the boat to be in readiness when we next launched her. Here we remained some days, detained as usual by stress of weather and violent winds which prevented our crossing the bay; but as soon as the wind abated and the atmosphere became more settled and favourable we dismantled our hut, launched the boat, and putting some additional spars found upon the shore into it, in conjunction with those we formerly had, we pulled across the bay and landed on the opposite side, between Captain Matley's Island and the Bluffs, which were more to the eastward. Here we again hauled our boat up, and built her into a hut rj usual, intending to use this as our night-station for a time until we had removed our building materials to Long Point, where we had determined upon erecting our house. After a day or two of rest we proceeded with our work, which now consisted in carrying the spars, &c, to their destination, and in doing this we had to travel along the series of stony...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Author: An Account of the Petrological, Botanical, and Zoological Collections, Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expeditions, Carried Out by Order of Her Majesty's Government in the Years 1874 - 75
Author: The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs
Author: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 15, 1867
Author: Charles DarwinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052185931X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research on human expression and sexual selection.
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855
Author: Charles DarwinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521255912
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --
Narrative of the wreck of the lady Munro, on the desolate island of Amsterdam, October, 1833
Author: John McCoshThe Nautical Magazine
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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