THE ATHENAEUMNarrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. RattlesnakeJohn MacGillivray
Natural History
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textJohn MacGillivray was the naturalist on HMS Rattlesnake, surveying the Great Barrier Reef and the coasts of New Guinea from 1846 to 1850. The assistant surgeon on board was the young Thomas Henry Huxley, whose papers on the jellyfish he studied there began his career. MacGillivray’s account is full of the islands and people of the Torres Strait.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 6 hr 50 min
- Where to find it
- The Naturalist’s Cabinet
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #12433. In the public domain in the United States.