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John Lort Stokes

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Discoveries in Australia: With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of HMS Beagle in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura
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Although 1812 is frequently given as Stokes's year of birth, it has been argued by author Marsden Hordern that Stokes was born in 1811, citing a letter by fellow naval officer
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for a survey of Australasian waters. When Wickham was invalided in 1841, Stokes took command of the ship. While Stokes was in command,
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around the world, and was also tasked with investigating natural resources and negotiating between British settles and the
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Following this, Stokes was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and served under Commander
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was involved in a survey of the waters of South America. In 1828 the commander of HMS
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Mariners are warned!: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia, 1837–1843
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while leading a five-man exploration expedition, commemorating Stokes' work on
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Welsh officer of the British Royal Navy, sailed with Charles Darwin (1811–1885)
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assumed command; the ship returned to England in 1830 and was recommissioned.
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Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
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from 1851 to 1856. The charts produced by Stokes remain in use to this day.
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From 1831 to 1836 Stokes served under FitzRoy as assistant surveyor for the
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Lort Stokes collection of maps relating to Australia and the Pacific Ocean
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Stokes is commemorated in the scientific name of two species of reptiles:
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In July 1846 Stokes was promoted to captain and commanded the steamship
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who was on board in a private capacity as a self-funded naturalist.
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Born on 1 August 1811, son of Henry Stokes, of Scotchwell, near
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surveying New Zealand for four years. This was one of 26
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).
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on 20 September 1824. The first ship he served on was
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Index


Stephen Pearce
Admiral
Royal Navy
HMS Beagle

Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
Royal Navy
HMS Prince Regent
Phillip Parker King
Pringle Stokes
Robert FitzRoy
second voyage of HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin
John Clements Wickham
Timor
New Zealand
HMS Acheron
hydrography
British Hydrography Office
Maori inhabitants
HMS Pandora
English Channel
Astrotia stokesii
Egernia stokesii
Stokes Inlet
Lort River
Western Australia
John Septimus Roe

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