Volume 1

Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the year 1842-1846: together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java / By J. Bette Jukes.

  • Jukes, J. Beete (Joseph Beete), 1811-1869.
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the year 1842-1846: together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java / By J. Bette Jukes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Two Volumes, 8vo.—Price Twenty-four Shillings. SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS IN 1843. WITH ACCOUNTS OF DISTRICTS VERY SELDOM VISITED: NATURAL HISTORY, GEOLOGY, MINES, ANTIQUITIES, FINE ARTS, THE CHURCH, PRONUNCIAMENTOS, FALL OF THE REGENCY, erc. By CAPTAIN S. E. WIDDRINGTON, R.N., F.RS. Author of ‘‘SKETCHES OF SPAIN IN 1829, 80, 31, & 32.” “Captain Widdrington did not sit down in his study at home to depreciate objects which he had never seen, or to dogmatize on subjects which he did not understand, but devoted many years to personal investigation, visiting every site, sketching and measuring every monument. His style pourtrays the Author, while the language is unpretending and concise, every page discovers good sense, observation and earnest- ness, a love of the beautiful, and a simple hearted desire to obtain and impart correct information. (This) His second publication details the result of a subsequent visit to the Peninsula, after a ten year’s interval, and, like the former, must ever be reckoned among the classical works on Spain.” —Quarterly Review, March, 1846. ‘This is a solid well-informed book, written by a man of great experience, of unusual attainments, and thoroughly acquainted with Spain.” — Examiner. “These volumes contain the plain and unaffected narrative of a well-informed and experienced man, with much interesting and general information with respect to Spain, and some judicious observations on recent transactions in that country. As an authentic account, therefore, of the present social and physical condition of the Spaniards, we have read the work with interest, and recommend it to the perusal of our readers.’”—Morning Herald. “ This is not a work to be skipped over and forgotten in favour of the next published holiday journal. In one point of view—namely, as an architectural guide, this Tour appears to have ciaims superior to most of its predecessors. Here and there, too, we have a contribution to Natural History worth attending to, as having been made by the travelling companion of our distinguished countryman, Dr. Daubeny.”’—Atheneum. In 1 vol. folio, uniform with Lord Kinsborough’s Mexican Antiquities, to which it may be considered Supplementary, VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET ARCHEOLOGIQUE DANS LA PROVINCE D’YUCATAN, (AMERIQUE CENTRALE, ) PENDANT LES ANNEES 1834 ET 1836, PAR FREDERIC DE WALDECK. Contenant 22 Planches. Priz de l’ouvrage Figures noires £5.—Coloriees £6. Gs. For this work M. de Waldeck received the medals of the Royal Geographical Societies of London and Paris.