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  3. Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828, 29, 30, Performed in HM Sloop Chanticleer
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 December 2012
    29 December 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139152082
    9781108041881
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139152082
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.52kg, 414 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Geography, Historical Geography, Military History, History, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    Subjects:
    Geography, Historical Geography, Military History, History, Global History
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    W. H. B. Webster (1793–1875) studied medicine and surgery in London, and in 1815 signed up to serve in the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon. Because it was peacetime, however, he did not secure a position until 1828, when he was posted as ship's surgeon on the South Atlantic scientific mission of HMS Chanticleer under Captain Henry Foster (1796–1831), a Fellow of the Royal Society with extensive experience of surveying expeditions. Published in 1834, this is Webster's two-volume account of the Chanticleer voyage, the objectives of which included work on longitudes, and carrying out gravity pendulum experiments at various latitudes to attempt more accurate calculation of the shape of the earth. Volume 2 describes Central America and Panama, where, after successfully completing longitude measurements using rockets, Captain Foster tragically drowned. The second half of the volume summarises the scientific observations made during the voyage, and contains the cumulative index.

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