III. First report of the naturalist accompanying the transit-of-Venus expedition to Kerguelen’s Island in 1874. (Conclusion.) | Zendy

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III. First report of the naturalist accompanying the transit-of-Venus expedition to Kerguelen’s Island in 1874. (Conclusion.)

Author(s) -

A. E. Eaton

Publication year - 1875

Publication title -

proceedings of the royal society of london

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2053-9126

pISSN - 0370-1662

DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1874.0078

Subject(s) - bay , venus , observatory , transit (satellite) , power (physics) , history , geography , naturalism , ancient history , oceanography , cartography , archaeology , geology , political science , astrobiology , law , philosophy , biology , physics , public transport , epistemology , quantum mechanics , astrophysics

In January 1875, shortly after the departure of the American Expedition from Royal Sound, an opportunity occurred of visiting another part of Kerguelen’s Island. To relieve the ennui of his officers and men, who by that time were thoroughly tired of being detained without any definite occupation in an uninhabited island, Captain Fairfax ordered the ‘Volage’ to leave Observatory Bay, and proceeded to Swain’s Bay, where he remained three weeks. During this period he entertained me as his guest, took me to the best localities in the bay for collecting, and rendered me every assistance that lay in his power.

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