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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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CHAPTER XXI - VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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Summary
The Beagle was one of the most famous little ships that ever was employed in the service of science and discovery. In this service, she was employed from the year 1826 to 1843—seventeen years. She was, says Captain Lort Stokes, one of those 10-gun brigs called coffins, but turned out one of the most remarkable vessels in the annals of maritime research. She commenced her famous career by being the first rigged man-of-war that ever passed under London Bridge, which she did to salute at the coronation of Greorge IV. In that same year, she was engaged to attend Captain Philip Parker King in a voyage of scientific inquiry round the world. The Beagle, in her first voyage, left Plymouth on the 22nd of May, 1826, and according to the instructions from the Board of Admiralty, after having, in company with the Adventure, spent the intervening time on the coasts of South America, returned to England in October, 1830. During this voyage, she was commanded by Captain Pringle Stokes, till August, 1828, when in a fit of insanity, brought on by severe exertion in a cruise on the coast of Patagonia, he destroyed himself, at Port Famine, in Magellan's Straits. On arriving at Rio Janeiro, in October of that year, Captain Robert Fitzroy took the command. On arrival in England in October, 1830, the Adventure was paid off and put out of commission; and the Beagle, commanded by Captain Fitzroy, made her second voyage alone.
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- The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New ZealandFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day, pp. 332 - 349Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011