Mariners are Warned!

by Marsden Hordern

First full account of the third and last great hydrographic survey of the Australian coastline undertaken by the British Hydrographic Office. John Lort Stokes was commissioned by the British Hydrographic Office in 1837 to survey and chart unknown parts of the Australian coastline. He was the last Royal Navy surveyor to hold such a roving commission-as had Matthew Flinders and Phillip Parker King before him. The voyage lasted six years and his ship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522850448
• ISBN13: 9780522850444
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"