Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe

Author/Creator:

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865

Publication/Creation:

London : H. Colburn, 1839

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe / [by Robert Fitzroy].

Variant Titles:

Half-title: Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Adventure and Beagle Expedition(1826-1830)
Beagle Expedition(1831-1836)
Natural history--South America
Indians of South America--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Fuegians
Geology--South America
South America--Description and travel
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

v. 1. Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-1830 under the command of Captain P. Parker King, R.N., F.R.S. -- V. 2. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. -- V. 3. Appendix to volume II.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations, maps

General Note:

Attributed to Robert Fitzroy.
Fitzroy indicates King as joint author in pref. of v. 1.
"Errata, &c., in the appendix.": V. 3, p. viii.
Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Sabin no. 37826.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990030295940302486

OCLC Number:

733090709