Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS Fly
During the Years 1842–1846

An 1847 publication by a leading British geologist, describing an expedition to the Barrier Reef, New Guinea and Java.

Joseph Beete Jukes (Author)

9781108031066, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 May 2011

468 pages, 23 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg

Joseph Beete Jukes (1811–1869) was a geologist who studied at St John's College, Cambridge under Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) and, after many field expeditions in England, was appointed to a survey of Newfoundland in 1839. In 1841 he joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea. He also made some inland investigations on Java before returning to England in 1846. The following year he published this two-volume account of his journey. Blackwood's Magazine described Jukes' work as 'scientific without being abstruse, and picturesque without being extravagant, [Jukes] has made his volumes a striking and graceful addition to our knowledge of countries highly interesting in themselves'. Volume 1 describes Jukes' voyage up the coast of North Queensland, his observations of the Barrier Reef, his exploration of the Torres Strait, and his arrival in the Sunda Islands.

Preface
1. Capricorn group
2. Port Bowen
3. Cape Upstart
4. Rockingham Bay
5. Two wrecks on the Barrier
6. Cape York
7. Island of Oomaga
8. The Murray Islands
9. Search after the missing boats
10. Landing at Erroob
11. Take the Prince George into a river in lat. 7° 50´
12. Last visit to Erroob
13. Extent of the Barrier Reefs
14. First visit to Port Essington in August, 1843
15. Coupang, Timor
16. Aspect of the south-east of Sandalwood Island.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]