Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

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First circumstantial details of the War of 1859.--Alterations in Gibraltar since our previous visit.--Science and Warfare.-- Voyage through the Mediterranean.--Messina.--The _No...

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_Novara_, her equipment, i. 4-9; at the dry-dock, Sydney, iii. 49; festivities on board in honour of the birth of a crown prince, 51-54; return to Trieste, 455; retrospect of he...

Ball on board the _Novara_ in honour of the birth of an heir to the throne of Austria, iii. 52-54; ball given by the Austrian Consul at Valparaiso in honour of the Expedition, 321

Tahiti, Island of, iii. 196-251; first efforts of Protestant missionaries in the Society Islands, 200-202; placed under French protectorate, 208; present political condition, 23...

Cheyne, Capt. Andrew, his charts of the West Pacific, remarks on Puynipet, ii. 554; remarks on Simpson Island, 585-588, 592; geographical information respecting Bradley Reef, 59...

Request preferred by the Colonial Government to have the coal-fields of the Drury District thoroughly examined by the geologists of the _Novara_.--Geographical remarks concernin...

The politico-economical importance to England of her colonies.-- Extraordinary growth of Sydney.--Public buildings.--Expeditions of discovery into the interior of Australia.--Sc...

Importance of Chile for German emigration.--First impressions of Valparaiso.--Stroll through the city.--Commercial relations of Chile with Australia and California.--Quebrada de...

Departure from Valparaiso.--Coquimbo.--Caldera.--Cobija.-- Iquique.--Manufacture of saltpetre.--Arica.--Port d'Islay.-- _Medanos_, or wandering sand-hills.--Chola.--Pisco.--The...

State of the island at the close of last century.--The London Missionary Society and its emissaries.--Great mortality among the native population.--First arrival of Catholic Pri...

regular encampment, and an impression pretty universally prevailed that Leichhardt and his companions had camped here, and had cut this mark to indicate it. One of the oldest mi...