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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Tuckey & Horsburgh. CUL-DAR188.17. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. RN1

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Tuckey, James Hingston. 1818. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; some general observations on the country and its inhabitants; and an appendix: containing the natural history of that part of the kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire flows. London: John Murray.

Horsburgh, James. 1830. Remarks on several icebergs which have been met with in unusually low latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120: 117-120.

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*(7) (7) In Tuckey's Narrative of the Congo Expedition (p. 10) describes hazy atmosphere & discoloured sea in lat. 22° N. & Long: 19° 9' W.

*(1) Nautical Magazine 1837, p. 291. Mr. Burnett in sailing from (Lat. 4° 20' N. Long 23° 20' W) to (Lat 8° N Long 27° 20' W) /over

(p. 10

Capt. Tuckeys Narrative of the Congo Expedition in Lat 22°. Long 19°. 9' sea much discoloured

Horsburgh

120 — nearest point of Africa C. Cowoeira 32 leagues distant.— "The atmosphere extremely hazy" Lat N. or S. ? Date? — Ed. Phil. Journ. Vol 7 = between (1804 & 1821.)— Date &c &c

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