Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 [Paperback]

A British geologist's account, published in 1842, of the landscapes, inhabitants, and natural history of Newfoundland.The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (18111869) was sent on a mineral-prospecting mission to Newfoundland in 1839. He published this two-volume account of the expedition in 1842. Volume 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and the daily life of settlers in its coastal fishing communities.The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (18111869) was sent on a mineral-prospecting mission to Newfoundland in 1839. He published this two-volume account of the expedition in 1842. Volume 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and the daily life of settlers in its coastal fishing communities.Joseph Beete Jukes (18111869) was a geologist who studied at Cambridge under the famous Adam Sedgwick (17851873) and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In 1839, after many field expeditions in England, he was appointed to a survey of Newfoundland, a place about which he had until then been in 'utter ignorance'. The explorers failed to find the hoped-for mineral wealth they had been sent to prospect for, and returned to Britain. In 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea. The Fly set sail for the Pacific in 1842, the year in which this two-volume account of Jukes' Newfoundland experiences was published. Volume 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and life in the fishing communities of this harsh North Atlantic outpost.Preface; 1. Departure from Liverpool; 2. Engage the Beaufort; 3. Leave St. John's for the westward; 4. Cape St. George; 5. Raised Beach; 6. The Dead Islands; 7. Arrival at St. John's and meeting with Dr. Stuwitz; 8. Return of Dr. Stuwitz, and departure with him to the ice.