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JUKES, J. Beete (1811-69). Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwell 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: T. & W. Boone, 1847.
2 volumes, 8o (221 x 142 mm). 2 engraved folding maps including one of the Great Barrier Reef, and 19 aquatint plates by Harden Sidney Melville. (Some worming to gutter margin, a few gatherings becoming loose.) Original blind-decorated cloth, spines gilt lettered (fading and a few tiny worm holes to spines).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of this "very important voyage" (Hill) undertaken for the purpose to survey the Torres Strait, the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the various regions in New Guinea. "The Admiralty decided in 1841 to have the Great Barrier Reefs explored and to have the gaps surveyed in order that some means might be devised for marking the most eligible of these openings, in order that they could be recognised in due time and passed through in comparative safety The expedition was noteworthy for being the first to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission" (Ingelton Charting a Continent pp. 61-66). The voyage was part of a series of hydrographical expeditions undertaken by the Admiralty and involving the Jukes second survey on the Bramble, John Lort Stokes surveying trip on the Beagle, as well as MacGillivray's on the Rattlesnake. Ferguson 4549; Hill 901; Wantrup 92a. (2)
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of this "very important voyage" (Hill) undertaken for the purpose to survey the Torres Strait, the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the various regions in New Guinea. "The Admiralty decided in 1841 to have the Great Barrier Reefs explored and to have the gaps surveyed in order that some means might be devised for marking the most eligible of these openings, in order that they could be recognised in due time and passed through in comparative safety The expedition was noteworthy for being the first to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission" (Ingelton Charting a Continent pp. 61-66). The voyage was part of a series of hydrographical expeditions undertaken by the Admiralty and involving the Jukes second survey on the Bramble, John Lort Stokes surveying trip on the Beagle, as well as MacGillivray's on the Rattlesnake. Ferguson 4549; Hill 901; Wantrup 92a. (2)