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Jukes, J. Beete. Narrative of the Surveying
Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. In Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846: together with an excursion into the interior of the
eastern part of Java.
London:
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1847. Martino / Wayfarer's Bookshop Reprint, 2000. 2 Volumes, Octavo. xii; v, 423; 362pp. 2 frontispieces, 35 other illustrations on
plates and in text, and 2 folding maps. Original green gilt cloth with black gilt labels. A new set. Limited to 250 hand-numbered copies.
The is the first reprint of "a very important
voyage, undertaken for the purpose of surveying the lesser-known parts of the coast of northeastern Australia and the islands of Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef. New Guinea was also visited and the Fly
River discovered. Also included are accounts of Timor and its aborigines, Dutch Java, Sandalwood Island, Singapore, and Malacca. Jukes was the naturalist on the expedition" (Hill, p.159). Ferguson
IV, p.116.
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Conway, Sir Martin. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of
the Country.
Cambridge:
University Press, 1906. Martino / Wayfarer's Bookshop Reprint, 2000. Octavo. x, 377pp. Frontispiece, with 10 other plates of illustrations, and 12 maps, including 1
folding. Original green gilt cloth. A new copy.
Spitsbergen is the main island of the Svalbard archipelago. The island is part of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean well north of the Arctic
Circle. The existence of this island group was discovered in 1194, according to the Icelandic Annals, but remained unknown to the modern world until rediscovered by the Dutch explorers in 1596. Dutch and English Whalers
arrived as early as 1611. The Russians arrived in 1715. Many polar explorations have made Spitsbergen their base of scientific discovery. The first polar exploration was conducted by British Captain C.J. Phipps in 1773,
followed by Norwegian, Swedish, and German groups in the 19th century. Conway's work is a history of this important island from its first discovery by Europeans through the end of the 19th century. It includes a history
the whaling and hunting on the island. Conway was a well-known British mountain climber, explorer and art historian. He explored Spitsbergen in 1896-97 and published an account of his findings.
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