Letter [manuscript] : Crepang Bay, Timor, to Sir Joseph Banks. 1819.

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Letter [manuscript] : Crepang Bay, Timor, to Sir Joseph Banks. 1819.

Letter, Crepang Bay, Timor, 8th November 1819, to Sir Joseph Banks, re Cunningham's botanical exploration along the coasts of Terra Australis, and the voyage of His Majesty's Cutter "Mermaid"

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Mermaid (Ship)

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Cunningham, Alan, Sir

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Allan Cunningham was a botanist and explorer sent to Australia in 1816. He joined Oxley on expedition to the Lachlan River, and then in 1817, 1820 and 1821 sailed with Phillip Parker King to Western and Northern Australia. In 1823 he found Pandora's Pass in Central N.S.W. and 4 years later discovered the Darling Downs and a pass through the Great dividing Range. In 1831 he journeyed to England but returned to Sydney in 1837 where he remained until his death, apart from a visit to New Zealand in ...

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...