Project Gutenberg 2013-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 106 Coppinger, R. W. (Richard William) Coppinger, Richard William Cruise of the 'Alert' Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters (1878-82) Produced by Greg Bergquist, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Cruise of the 'Alert'" by R. W. Coppinger is a scientific travel narrative written in the late 19th century. The book recounts the author's experiences as the medical officer on the surveying ship H.M.S. Alert during its expedition to the waters of Patagonia, Polynesia, and the Mascarenes from 1878 to 1882. The narrative covers a wide range of topics, focusing particularly on natural history observations, the flora and fauna encountered, and the interactions with native peoples during the voyage. The opening of the text introduces the purpose of the expedition, which was to continue surveys of the Straits of Magellan and investigate various reefs and islands in the South Pacific as well as parts of Australia. Coppinger discusses the preparations for the journey, including the selection of the ship and the team, and provides insights into the natural phenomena observed during the voyage, such as the diverse marine life and unique bird species. He recounts the initial stages of the journey, detailing encounters with various sea birds, experiments in collecting marine organisms, and observations of the landscape as the ship approaches different ports, ultimately setting the stage for the exploratory adventures that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel Polynesia -- Description and travel Natural history -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Alert (Sloop : 1856-1895) Natural history -- Polynesia Natural history -- Mascarene Islands Mascarene Islands -- Description and travel G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Travel & Geography 694731 694741 2024-09-18T09:16:16.799148 2023-09-19T05:21:08.787032 text/html text/html 667454 2013-08-16T11:21:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1781533 2013-08-16T11:22:06 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1845158 2024-09-18T09:16:29.044108 application/epub+zip 1852477 2024-09-18T09:16:19.374149 application/epub+zip 305948 2024-09-18T09:16:17.850186 application/epub+zip 2183721 2024-09-18T09:16:35.851084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2097596 2024-09-18T09:16:27.774109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513114 2022-09-19T19:46:45.214987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570159 2024-09-18T09:16:14.892193 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 570041 2013-08-16T11:21:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 219229 2013-08-16T11:22:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 569812 2013-08-16T11:22:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 219019 2013-08-16T11:22:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 570073 2013-08-16T11:22:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218829 2013-08-16T11:22:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22948 2024-09-18T09:16:36.011045 application/rdf+xml 12084 2024-09-18T09:16:18.293152 image/jpeg 3148 2024-09-18T09:16:18.068138 image/jpeg 1831667 2024-09-18T09:16:16.901339 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog