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 :  Cape York and Moreton Island :  10 :  38 :  23.4 :  6 :  10 49 10 E :  — : Watering-place, North-west end of Island :  27 5 44 S :  — :  -.

1849 :  Moreton Island and North Solitary Island :  10 :  7 :  4.2 :  — :  0 1 7 E :  — :  Summit of Island :  29 56 8 S :  Captain King’s Sextant Sea horizon :  -.

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.

1849 :  Moreton Island and Number 1 Observation Reef Coral Haven :  10 :  21 : 41 :  20 :  0 4 29 W :  — :  Dry sand, West extremity of reef :  11 18 39 S : — :  -.

1849 :  Number 1 Observation Reef and Number 2 Observation Reef :  10 :  13 : 8.2 :  3.5 :  0 1 14 W :  — :  Dry sand, East extremity of reef :  11 21 30 S :  — :  -.

1849 :  Number 2 Observation Reef and Green Island :  10 :  6 :  5.2 :  3 :  0 26 49 W :  — :  On Coral Islet, near Green Island (South side) :  11 8 36 S : — :  -.

1849 :  Number 2 Observation Reef and Green Island :  10 :  6 :  3.2 :  3 :  0 26 48 W :  — :  On Coral Islet, near Green Island (South side) :  11 8 36 S : Repeated :  -.

1849 :  Green Island and Duchateau Isles :  10 :  3 :  4.6 :  3 :  0 15 53 W :  - :  On the North-east extremity of Eastern Duchateau :  11 16 45 S :  Repeated :  -.

1849 :  Green Island and Middle Duchateau :  10 :  1 :  1.1 :  1 :  0 16 43 W : 1 8 34 E :  Rattlesnake’s Observation spot :  11 16 51 S :  By triangulation :  -.

1849 :  Middle Duchateau and Duperre sandbank :  10 :  3 :  1.9 :  3.5 :  0 19 54 W :  — :  On sandbank East of Duperre Isles :  11 10 48 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Middle Duchateau and Lejeune Isle :  10 :  5 :  3.4 :  4 :  0 33 26 W :  - :  On North-west extreme of the Island :  11 10 38 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Lejeune Island and Kosmann Island :  10 :  2 :  2 :  3 :  0 16 52 W :  — : On middle of North side of Island :  11 4 20 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Lejeune Island and East Sable Island :  10 :  2.9 :  2.8 :  3 :  0 25 47 W :  — :  Centre of Island :  11 10 6 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Lejeune Island and West Barrier Island :  10 :  3 :  2.7 :  3 :  0 40 28 W :  — :  East end of Island :  11 5 36 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Lejeune Island and West Dumoulin Island :  10 :  5 :  4.5 :  3 :  1 4 18 W :  — :  North-west end, on a detached rock :  10 54 20 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Middle Duchateau and Brumer Island :  10 :  14 :  15.6 :  4 :  2 1 13 W :  0 52 40 W :  Rattlesnake’s anchorage :  10 45 30 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Brumer Island and Dufaure Island :  10 :  17 :  5.0 :  2.5 :  0 35 20 W :  1 27 43 W :  Rattlesnake’s anchorage :  10 30 36 S :  — :  AA.

1849 :  Brumer Island and Cape York :  10 :  43 :  17.9 :  4 :  7 48 19 W :  — :  Sextant Rock, Evans Bay :  10 41 31 S :  — :  AA.

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