Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. eBook

John MacGillivray
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 363 pages of information about Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850..

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. eBook

John MacGillivray
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 363 pages of information about Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850..

1848 :  East Hope Island and Lizard Island :  15 :  9 :  3.7 :  73 to 79 :  0 00 7 E :  5 44 45 W :  South end of Sandy Bay on West side :  14 39 56 S :  One measurement :  -.

1848 :  Lizard Island and Number 1 Howick Group :  16 :  3 :  1.4 :  73 to 79 : 0 29 49 W :  — :  North-west extreme of Island :  14 29 46 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Number 1 Howick, and Number 6 Howick Group :  16 :  3.5 :  1.3 :  76 to 79 :  0 8 56 W :  — :  Middle of West side of Island :  14 26 0 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Number 6 Howick Group and Pipon Island :  16 :  3.5 :  2.5 :  76 to 82 :  0 17 45 W :  — :  South-West side of West Island :  14 7 9 S :  One measurement :  -.

1848 :  Pipon Island and Pelican Island :  16 :  2 :  1.4 :  76 to 83 :  0 41 00 W :  — :  South-West side of Island :  13 54 21 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Pelican Island and Night Island :  16 :  12 :  6.9 :  78 to 84 :  0 16 14 W :  — :  Coral patch, North-west end of Island :  13 9 58 S :  — :  AA.

1848 :  Night Island and C. Reef :  16 :  9 :  9.4 :  78 to 83 :  0 4 32 W :  — : Dry sand, North-west end of reef :  12 34 50 S :  — :  AA.

1848 :  Pipon Island and C.  Reef :  16 :  23 :  9.7 :  76 to 84 :  1 1 25 W :  7 42 24 W :  Dry sand, North-west end of reef :  12 34 50 S :  One measurement :  -.

1848 :  C. Reef and Piper’s Island :  16 :  4 :  5.6 :  80 to 84 :  0 17 19 W :  - :  North-east extreme of West Island on large reef :  12 14 30 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Piper’s Island and Sunday Island :  16 :  4 :  4.8 :  80 to 84 :  0 1 4 W :  — :  South-west side on sandy beach :  11 55 54 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Sunday Island and Cairncross Island :  16 :  3 :  1.6 :  81 to 84 :  0 17 37 W :  — :  North-west extreme on sandy beach :  11 14 34 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Cairncross Island and Z reef :  16 :  2 :  2.5 :  81 to 84 :  0 12 7 W : — :  Dry sand on North-west end :  10 48 50 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  Z reef and Cape York :  16 :  4 :  3.7 :  81 to 85 :  0 10 22 W :  — :  Sextant Rock, Evans Bay:  10 48 50 S :  — :  -.

1848 :  C reef and Cape York :  16 :  17 :  13.5 :  78 to 86 :  0 58 33 W :  8 42 8 W :  Sextant Rock, Evans Bay:  10 41 31 S :  The mean of 3 measurements. :  -.

1848 :  Cape York and Port Essington :  16 :  10 :  8.5 :  81 to 90 :  10 23 50 W :  19 5 58 W :  Government House, Victoria :  11 22 2 S :  One measurement :  -.

1848/9 :  Port Essington and Sydney :  15 :  71 :  60 :  62 to 90 :  19 00 18 W : — :  Fort Macquarie :  33 51 33 S :  Useless (interval being too long) :  -.

N.B.  The distances in the Louisiade and New Guinea are calculated with the meridian distance of the Sextant Rock, Cape York, assumed to be 8 degrees 40 minutes 50 seconds West of Sydney, to adapt them to the original delta of the North-east Coast of Australia.

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