PUBLISHED BY

T. AND W. BOONE, 29, NEW BOND STREET;

AND SOLD BY

OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH; AND CUMMING & CO. DUBLIN.

Command

OP THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.

DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA;

OF THE

VICTORIA, ADELAIDE , ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS

AND

EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR;

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE

HITHERTO UNKNOWN COASTS

SURVEYED DURING THE

VOYAGE OF H. M. S. BEAGLE ,

BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1843 :

ALSO,

A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART,COMMANDER OWEN STANLEY , R.N., F.U.S.

TO THF.

ISLANDS I'N THE ARAFURA SEA.

BY J. LORT STOKES ,

COMMANDER , R.N.

With 8 Maps and Charts, and 57 Illustrations, 2 vols. 8uo.

Thf. Beagle sailed from England early in the year 1837, and returnedtowards the close of 1843. During that period, besides the ordinaryincidents of naval adventure, many circumstances of interest markedthe progress of her voyage. Unknown shores and untraversed plainsupon the north and north-west coasts of Australia have been added toour geographical knowledge. An inroad into the interior, reaching■within 500 miles of the very centre of the great Australian Continent,has been accomplished. The rivers Victoria, Adelaide . Albert, andFitzroy, have been discovered. Great additions have been made tothe several departments of Natural History , of which the variousspecimens will be classified and described by eminent Naturalists. Thenorth-west coast of Australia has been carefully surveyed ; and Bass Strait , heretofore so justly dreaded by the Masters of ships, may now

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