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Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 - Volume 1

Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 - Volume 1

Jukes, Joseph Beete

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Canadian HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108030890
ISBN13: 9781108030892
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 11 2011
Pages: 338
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and life in the fishing communities of this harsh North Atlantic outpost.

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