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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  184
• Lot Description:
  Stokes, John Lort. Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed
  during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle In the Years 1837 – 38 – 39 – 40 – 41 – 42 – 43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley’s Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Two volumes, octavo, with 26 plates and eight folding charts (six loosely enclosed), repaired original cloth London, Boone, 1846.
• Notes:
  First edition. In 1837 John Clements Wickham was sent to survey and complete the discovery of those parts of the northern coast of Australia not already charted by Flinders or King and still known only from the rough charts of Louis de Freycinet. Wickham was also instructed to improve the charts of key areas of the coast such as Torres Strait, Bass Strait and the approaches to the new and developing settlements at Adelaide and Swan River, and to search for any large rivers on the north-west coast which, it was hoped, would open up the northern coast and the interior to exploration and further settlement – as part of this larger plan the Beagle transported George Grey’s land party to the north-west coast in 1837. In 1841, when Wickham was relieved due to ill-health, Lieutenant Stokes was placed in command. In the course of this expedition Wickham and Stokes completed the discovery of the north-west coast and accurately charted for the first time other stretches of coast. On the northern coast they discovered and partly explored five rivers, while Stokes and his men also undertook many expeditions inland which are recorded in this official account. Davidson, p. 129; Ferguson, 4406; Wantrup, 89.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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