THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
By Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Now ready, in 2 vols. 8vo. with numerous Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts,
NARRATIVE
OF THE
SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY,
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD, R. N.
IN TORRES STRAIT, NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS
IN THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO;
TOGETHER
WITH AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR
OF THE
EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF JAVA,
DURING THE YEARS 1842 TO 1846.
BY J. BEETE JUKES, M. A.
NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
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