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

A British geologist's account, published in 1842, of the landscapes, inhabitants, and natural history of Newfoundland.

Joseph Beete Jukes (Author)

9781108030892, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 May 2011

338 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

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 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and life in the fishing communities of this harsh North Atlantic outpost.

Preface
1. Departure from Liverpool
2. Engage the Beaufort
3. Leave St. John's for the westward
4. Cape St. George
5. Raised Beach
6. The Dead Islands
7. Arrival at St. John's and meeting with Dr. Stuwitz
8. Return of Dr. Stuwitz, and departure with him to the ice.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]