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Narrative Of A Voyage To The Southern Atlantic Ocean, In The Years 1828-30 Volume 1: Under the Command of the Late Captain Henry Foster - Couverture souple

Webster, W.H. B.

 
9781108041874: Narrative Of A Voyage To The Southern Atlantic Ocean, In The Years 1828-30 Volume 1: Under the Command of the Late Captain Henry Foster
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108041876 ISBN 13 : 9781108041874
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

W. H. B. Webster (1793–1875) studied medicine and surgery in London, and in 1815 signed up to serve in the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon. Because it was peacetime, however, he did not secure a position until 1828, when he was posted as ship's surgeon on the South Atlantic scientific mission of HMS Chanticleer under Captain Henry Foster (1796–1831), a Fellow of the Royal Society with extensive experience of surveying expeditions. Published in 1834, this is Webster's two-volume account of the Chanticleer voyage, the objectives of which included work on longitudes, and carrying out gravity pendulum experiments at various latitudes to attempt more accurate calculation of the shape of the earth. Volume 1 covers the first two years of the voyage, and records Webster's impressions of South America, South Shetland (including some of the earliest scientific experiments in the Antarctic), South Africa, St Helena and Ascension Island.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108041876
ISBN 13 
9781108041874
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
430
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