King, Philip Parker 1793-1856

Overview

Works:	231 works in 432 publications in 3 languages and 1,835 library holdings
Genres:	History Sources Maps Catalogs and collections Surveys Bathymetric maps Nautical charts
Roles:	Author, Cartographer

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Philip Parker King

King of the Australian coast : the work of Phillip Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst, 1817-1822 by Marsden C Hordern( Book )
The Mermaid tree : how a tiny unknown ship opened Australia's north and west to development, dreams and disappointment by Robert Tiley( Book )
La primera expedición hidrográfica inglesa al confín austral americano, 1826-1830 by Rodolfo R Poletti Formosa( Book )
Phillip Parker King 1791-1856 a most admirable Australian by Brian D Abbott( Book )
The botanist and the judge : Allan Cunningham in Tasmania 1818-1819 by A. E Orchard( Book )

Harriet (Lethbridge) King, Admiral King's wife by Eugenie Stapleton( Book )
Papers : [M692] by Alan Cunningham( )
Phillip Parker King, 1791-1856 : boy veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and Australia's first born Admiral by Marsden C Hordern( Book )
Historical records of New South Wales( Book )
The dead which are blessed : a sermon preached in the Church of St. Thomas, Willoughby, N.S.W. on Sunday, 2nd March 1856, the day after the funeral of the late Rear-Admiral Philip [i.e. Phillip] Parker King, M.C. by William Branwhite Clarke( Book )
Papers : [M3051-3054] by John Lort Stokes( )
Sailing directions for the coasts of castern and noestern patagonia by Philip Parker King( Book )
Charts of the coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )
Early explorers in Australia by Ida Lee( Book )
Expedition papers by Philip Parker King( )
Portrait of Phillip Parker King by Thomas Woolner( Visual )
Letter from Lieutenant King : now employed in completing a survey of New Holland( Book )
Form of boat procession to convey the remains of Rear Admiral King from North to South Shore on Saturday 1st March, 1856( Visual )
Letter book, log book by Philip Parker King( )
P.P. King and the men of the Mermaid and Bathurst by Alan Powell( Book )

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Most widely held works by Philip Parker King

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three volumes. by Robert Fitzroy( Book )

34 editions published between 1839 and 1997 in English and held by 440 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume details the work of the HMS BEAGLE between the years 1831 and 1836. Naturalist Charles Darwin's insights during this cruise led to the Theory of Evolution and also to the accepted theory of the mode of formation of coral reefs. Darwin was Fitzroy's messmate for most of the cruise as well as a sounding board for ideas. Fitzroy was quite conservative in his views which sometimes led to friction between him and Darwin. Fitzroy went on to become the first head of the British Meteorological Office

Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia : performed between the years 1818 and 1822 by Philip Parker King( Book )

23 editions published between 1826 and 2012 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The narrative of the Beagle voyage, 1831-1836 by Robert Fitzroy( Book )

12 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

HMS Beagle has entered the collective imagination as the ship that carried Charles Darwin to the Galapagos, triggering his later work on the theory of natural selection. However, the Beagle also played a vital role in the development of modern hydrography, cartography and meteorology in both the voyage of 1831-36 and an earlier one of 1826-30. The work of the Beagle under her captain, Robert FitzRoy, was to chart South American coastlines, many of which had not previously been mapped, and to build a global chain of meridian distances. On this voyage, FitzRoy also pioneered the use of Francis Beaufort's new system for identifying wind force, the basis of the modern Beaufort scale. FitzRoy's unofficial goal on this voyage was to return three Fuegians to their native shores and establish a Protestant mission in the desolate, southern fringes of the continent. It was a pivotal experience of civilization and savagery for both Darwin and FitzRoy. Darwin and FitzRoy's separate accounts of the voyage were published in the four-volume Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Between the Years 1826 and 1836 (1839). Darwin's version has never been out of print. In contrast, this set presents the first critical edition of the remaining texts from 1839: FitzRoy's account of the second voyage, his detailed appendices and the account of the 1826-30 voyage by Phillip Parker King, captain of HMS Adventure. Together they give an unparalleled example of British scientific exploration

Extracts from a letter addressed by Capt. Phillip Parker King to N.A. Vigors on the animals of the Straits of Magellan by Philip Parker King( Book )

6 editions published between 1828 and 1978 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca : in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America : including the Straits of Magalhaens [sic] and the coast of Tierra del Fuego by Philip Parker King( Book )

3 editions published between 1832 and 1978 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Derrotero de las costas de la América Meridional desde el rio de La Plata hasta la bahía de Panamá con inclusion del estrecho de Magallanes y de las islas Malvinas y Galápagos by Philip Parker King( Book )

6 editions published in 1865 in Spanish and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chart of part of the N.E. coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )

6 editions published between 1824 and 1847 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Instructions nautiques sur les côtes de la Patagonie, depuis le port Sainte-Hélène, a l'est, jusqu'au Cap Tres-montes, a l'ouest, y compris le Détroit de Magellan et la côte du large de la Terre-de-Feu by Philip Parker King( Book )

3 editions published between 1835 and 1863 in French and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and western Coasts of Australia by Philip Parker King( Book )

15 editions published between 1827 and 2018 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817-22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements and the natural history of the region, often making comparisons with Captain Cook's account. Volume 1 covers the south, east and north coasts of Australia

A voyage to Torres Strait in search of the survivors of the ship Charles Eaton, which was wrecked upon the Barrier Reefs, in the month of August, 1834, in his Majesty's Colonial Schooner Isabella, C.M. Lewis, Commander by Philip Parker King( Book )

6 editions published in 1837 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macquarie Harbour by Great Britain( )

5 editions published between 1819 and 1876 in English and Undetermined and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chart of the north coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )

6 editions published between 1825 and 1905 in English and Undetermined and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hydrographic chart of the coastline of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, with relief shown by hachures, spot heights and bathymetric soundings

Sailing directions for the coasts of castern and noestern patagonia by Philip Parker King( Book )

7 editions published between 1832 and 2016 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Between the Years 1826 and 1836 by Robert Fitzroy( Book )

4 editions published between 1839 and 1966 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A plan of Cambridge Gulf, on the north west coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )

4 editions published in 1826 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Battye accession number 013191

Chart of part of the N.E. coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )

in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chart of part of the N.E. coast of Australia by Philip Parker King( )

3 editions published in 1836 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822, Volume 2 : With an Appendix Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History by Philip Parker King( )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 -- Volume 2 by Philip Parker King( )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822, volume 1 by Philip Parker King( )

2 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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