Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840

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Joseph Beete Jukes

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Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 2 Volume Set

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Joseph Beete Jukes (1811–1869) was a geologist who studied at Cambridge under the famous Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In 1839, after many field expeditions in England, he was appointed to a survey of Newfoundland, a place about which he had until then been in 'utter ignorance'. The explorers failed to find the hoped-for mineral wealth they had been sent to prospect for, and returned to Britain. In 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea. The Fly set sail for the Pacific in 1842, the year in which this two-volume account of Jukes' Newfoundland experiences was published. Volume 2 focuses mainly on Jukes' scientific observations, and includes descriptions of the island's natural history, geography and geology.

Release date NZ

May 11th, 2011

Author

Joseph Beete Jukes

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 maps

Pages

374

Series

Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 2 Volume Set

Dimensions

21x216x140

ISBN-13

9781108030908

Product ID

10424961

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