Maps. 1839-1843.

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Maps. 1839-1843.

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Four charts: the Victoria River, 1839; Port Adelaide and Holdfast Bay, 1841; the Southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 1841; and Bass Strait, 1843.

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Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885

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John Lort Stokes (b. 1811 - d. 1885) was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1837 and sailed to Australia on the Beagle under Commander J.C. and P.P. King. After doing some surveying of the coast sail was set for the north on 5 January 1838. The Adelaide River was discovered in March 1839 and the Victoria later in the same year. Later further work was done on the coast of northern and north-western Australia, and in 1842 on the southern coast of Australia, Bass Strait and Tasmania. In May 1843 Stoke...