The Rattlesnake : a voyage of discovery to the Coral Sea
Goodman, Jordan2005
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef was a graveyard for shipping. HMS Rattlesnake, an ageing British warship, was commissioned in 1846 to survey this magnificent 'Coral Sea' and to produce the first detailed chart of the New Guinea coast. Every reef, every shoal, every rock hazard had to be located and mapped with extreme accuracy.
Main title:
The Rattlesnake : a voyage of discovery to the Coral Sea / Jordan Goodman.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2005.
Collation:
x, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-314) and index.
ISBN:
9780571210732 (hbk)
Dewey class:
526.909943526.9
Local class:
526.90994309034
Language:
English
Subject:
Stanley, OwenHuxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852Rattlesnake (Ship)Topographical surveying -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- History -- 19th centuryScientific expeditions -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- History -- 19th centuryScientific expeditions -- Coral Sea -- History -- 19th centuryPopular Science and Mathematics
BRN:
1971121