Excursions in and about Newfoundland, During the Years 1839 and 1840 2 Volume Set

by J. Beete Jukes

Book Overview

The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) studied at Cambridge under Adam Sedgwick and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In 1839 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 in 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108030912
• ISBN13: 9781108030915
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 724 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"