Stanbury collection

Series of photocopied articles, extracts and letters. Extract from an article entitled 'Patagonia, Windswept Land of the South' by Roger Perry published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York describing the geography, flora, fauna and earthquake of the area. Extract from unknown author and unidentified article describing his experience aboard a ship in the Pacific. Extract from the Nautical Magazine Volume 5 entitled 'An Account of the Late Earthquake in Chile' by an Officer of HMS Beagle. Typed copies of 3 letters from Commodore Francis Mason aboard HMS Blonde to Francis Beaufort at the Admiralty referring to Captain Fitzroy and his surveys of South America.