T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake
| Title | T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake |
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| Author | ed. from the unpublished Ms. by Julian Huxley |
| Publication | Chatto & Windus |
| Size | 371p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Travel--Oceans--Pacific Travel--Historical accounts Diaries and journals Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895) Biography--Travellers Biography--Biologists and Naturalists |
| Notes | The captain on the voyage to northern Australia and New Guinea from 1846-1850 was Owen Stanley. Also aboard were John Thomson as Surgeon, Thomas Henry Huxley as Assistant Surgeon ("surgeon's mate", but in practice marine naturalist), John MacGillivray as botanist and Oswald Brierly as artist. T. H. Huxley established his scientific reputation by the papers he wrote on this voyage, leading to his election as fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. Rattlesnake was the ship that rescued Barbara Crawford Thompson, who had been shipwrecked on Prince of Wales Island, North Queensland, aged 13 in November 1844 and spent the next five years living with the local Kaurareg people, despite their reputation for being cannibals. [wikipedia] |
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