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The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific, 1852-1861 Under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
The voyage of HMS Herald, under the command of Henry Mangles Denham, encompassed much of the South-west Pacific and substantial parts of the Australian coast. From 1852 to 1861, the Herald surveyed and charted known land masses and suspected hazards, thereby establishing safe routes for shipping. That some of these charts are still in use is testimony to the accuracy and skill of those who created them. Commander David makes extensive use of the journals of Denham and his officers to describe mid-nineteenth-century techniques of surveying and charting, often undertaken in hazardous conditions. His book also provides an unusual and often entertaining view of the difficulties experienced in fi...
Tennyson at Aldworth
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James Henry Mangles Diary
Diary of James Henry Mangles recording conversations between himself and the poet Lord Tennyson.
Sailing Directions for the Bristol Channel
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
