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)

9781108030908, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 May 2011

374 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 2.1 x 14 cm, 0.48 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 2 focuses mainly on Jukes' scientific observations, and includes descriptions of the island's natural history, geography and geology.

9. Difficulties with the House of Assembly
10. Start for Bonavista Bay
11. Expedition to Fogo Island, Toulinguet, and Exploits River
Natural history of Newfoundland
General report of the Geological Survey of Newfoundland during the years 1839 and 1840
Sketch of the physical geography of Newfoundland
Sketch of the geology of Newfoundland
Practical results.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]