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Excursions in and about Newfoundland : during the years 1839 and 1840 / by J.B. Jukes.
- Title
- Excursions in and about Newfoundland : during the years 1839 and 1840 / by J.B. Jukes.
- Author
- Jukes, J. Beete (Joseph Beete), 1811-1869.
- Publication
- London : John Murray, 1842.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v.2 | Text | Request in advance | F 5102.6 v.2 | Off-site | |
| v.1 | Text | Request in advance | F 5102.6 v.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 v.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) was a geologist who studied at Cambridge under the famous Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In 1839, after many field expeditions in England, 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 returned to Britain. In 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea. The Fly set sail for the Pacific in 1842, the year in which this two-volume account of Jukes' Newfoundland experiences was published. Volume 2 focuses mainly on Jukes' scientific observations, and includes descriptions of the island's natural history, geography and geology.
- Alternative Title
- Excursions in and about Newfoundland
- Excursions in Newfoundland
- Subjects
- Note
- "General report of the geological survey of Newfoundland during the years 1839 and 1840": v.2, p. [195]-210.
- "Sketch of the geology of Newfoundland": v.2, p. [245]-341.
- Indexed In (note)
- Lande, L.M. Lawrence Lande Coll.,
- Lande, L.M. Lawrence Lande Coll.,
- Sabin,
- TPL,
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- LCCN
- ^^^01027509^
- OCLC
- 3145728
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library