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This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements and the natural history of the region, often making comparisons with Captain Cook's account. Volume 1 covers the south, east and north coasts of Australia.

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• Full title: Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822
• Subtitle: With an Appendix Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History
• Author: Phillip Parker King
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• EAN: 9781108045964
• ISBN: 1108045960
• ID: 02057895
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 650 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 2012

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