The Rattlesnake – A Voyage of Discovery in the Coral Sea – Jordan Goodman.

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The Rattlesnake – A Voyage of Discovery in the Coral Sea – Jordan Goodman.

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We have always though that this was the most accessible book regarding the important Voyage of the Rattlesnake.

Published by Faber in 2005. Large octavo, 357 pages, nicely illustrated, a very good copy.

From the preparations in London and Portsmouth which take up the short Part I we head for the Tropics and Rio before a sharp east to the Cape and on to Mauritius in 1847. Part III is to Hobart, Sydney and on to the Barrier Reef. Dropping explorer Kennedy at Cape York [from whence he was speared and killed by aboriginals]. Then off to the objective and New Guinea and much coastal exploration, charting and the usual naming after friends, sponsors and the upper levels of society.

Of course not you normal seagoing adventure we have the truly talented artist Captain Owen Stanley [Mountain Range behind Port Moresby his name] and the soon to be famous Thomas Huxley as naturalist.

The discovery of Barbara Thompson on far north Darnley Island, sole survivor of a calamitous shipwreck and living with the local aboriginals adds extra drama to an already riveting account.

Rattlesnake without the poison.

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