Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 1 August 1839-6 June 1840

Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 1 August 1839-6 June 1840. On 9 October 1839 Wickham named Port Darwin, which was first sighted by Stokes, in honour of their former shipmate Charles Darwin. Wickham and Stokes named a river 'Fitzmaurice' on 21 October 1839, after its discoverer Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice.

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ID:	STK/3
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Stokes, John Lort
Date made:	1839-01-01 - 1840-12-31; 1839-1840
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Parts:	Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885. (Manuscript) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 25 Feb-31 Dec 1837 (Manuscript) (STK/1) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Austalian Coast and Woolwich kept by Mate L R Fitzmaurice. Includes three loose folded maps of coastlines on tracing paper (fragile). (Manuscript) (STK/2) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 1 August 1839-6 June 1840 (Manuscript) (STK/3) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 7 June 1840-15 March 1841 (Manuscript) (STK/4) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 25 Mar-29 Dec 1841 (Manuscript) (STK/5) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 30 Dec 1841-31 Dec 1842 (Manuscript) (STK/6) Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New south Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 1 January-14 Oct 1843 (Manuscript) (STK/7) Logbook of HMS ACHERON, surveying the New Zealand Coast, 15 June 1848-25 July 1849; 25 Aug-3 September 1849, and 14-18 January 1850 (Manuscript) (STK/8) Logbook of HMS HAVANNAH, Sydney to Spithead via Straits of Magnellan, 14 Aug-4 Dec 1851 (Manuscript) (STK/9) Journal of the South West Coast of England survey, 28 May 1859-13 April 1863, of hired vessels employed until Oct 1860 then ROSE (Manuscript) (STK/10) Out-letterbook of BEAGLE, 3 April 1841-12 Oct 1843 (Manuscript) (STK/11) Out-letterbook of ACHERON, official and private, 23 August 1848-18 September 1849. Includes a quill. (Manuscript) (STK/12) Out-letterbook of ACHERON, 19 September 1849-2 Dec 1851 (Manuscript) (STK/13) South-West Coast of England Survey, out-letterbook, 10 August 1860-12 Dec 1862, with some loose drafts inserted (Manuscript) (STK/14) Captain's Orders and Memorandum on Methods of Surveying used in the BEAGLE, 1831-1836. (Manuscript) (STK/15-16) Bound papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1831-36: nautical remarks for Bass Strait and Van Diemen's Land, copies of letters from Captain's W Hobson, P P King, C R D Bethune and F Harding. (Manuscript) (STK/17) Bound papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE: Game Book, 9 June 1841-14 September 1843. (Manuscript) (STK/18) Bound papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE: Heights on the North Coast of Tasmania, South Coast of Australia, Bass and Banks Straits, 1842-43. (Manuscript) (STK/19) Album of miscellaneous pictorial material, inscribed 'Fanny J Marley from Harriet E Gibbes 1840', includes sketches of places visited by the BEAGLE and incidents during the commission (Manuscript) (STK/20) General notebook relating to the voyage of the ACHERON, 1847-51, containing various observations, calculations, lists and a logbook of HAVANNAH, Sydney to Spithead, 1851, (Related Material STK/9) (Manuscript) (STK/21) Captain's orders, ACHERON, signed by Stokes and all the officers after making their copies, 1847-1851 (Manuscript) (STK/22) Bound papers relating to the voyage of the ACHERON, 1847-51. Part 1 and Part 2 (Manuscript) (STK/23) Bound papers relating to the voyage of the ACHERON, 1847-51: New Zealand, instructions for Mr Alexander Usborne, Master, signed by Beaufort, 13 June 1843 (Manuscript) (STK/24) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/25) General notebook, probably begun circa 1830, with bird fragments. (Manuscript) (STK/26/1-2) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/27-29) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/30-31) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/32) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: extract from medical logbook of the BEAGLE regarding the wound. (Manuscript) (STK/33) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: rough observation books, 1837-1838. (Manuscript) (STK/34) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: night order book, probably BEAGLE's. (Manuscript) (STK/35) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: alphabetical list of crew, BEAGLE. (Manuscript) (STK/36) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: drafts of out-letters, 1841-43. (Manuscript) (STK/37) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: account books and a number of loose bills. (Manuscript) (STK/38) Papers relating to the voyage of the BEAGLE, 1837-43: letters received, 1841-43. (Manuscript) (STK/39) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/40) Papers relating to the voyage of the ACHERON, 1847-51: notebook apparently containing lists of articles shipped by ACHERON and on return voyage in HAVANNAH (Manuscript) (STK/41) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/42-46) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/47) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/48) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/49) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/51) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/52) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/53) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/54) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/55) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/56) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/57) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/58) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/59) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/61) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/62) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/63) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/66) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/67) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/68) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/69) Coastal Views (Manuscript) (STK/71) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/72) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/73) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/74) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/75) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/76) Sketchbook of W.J.W. Hamilton kept while on the HMS ACHERON surveying the coast of New Zealand (Manuscript) (STK/77) Stokes, John Lort, Admiral, 1812-1885 (Manuscript) (STK/78/1-23)

Logbook of HMS BEAGLE, Woolwich, Swan River, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Australian Coast and Woolwich, 1 August 1839-6 June 1840

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