James Hingston Tuckey

James Hingston Tuckey (sometimes James Kingston Tuckey; * 1776 in Green Hill in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, † October 4, 1816 in Africa) was a British naval officer and explorer.

Tuckey attempted in 1816 to drive up a steamboat up the Congo to the source. The expedition, were killed in the Tuckey and about half of his team, though failed, but aroused interest in the discovery of Africa.

Works

  • An Account of the Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass 's Strait, on the East Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, in the years 1802-3-4. 8vo. - London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and 1805 online
  • Maritime Geography and Statistics or Description of the Ocean and its Coasts, Maritime Commerce, Navigation. - London: Black, Parry and Co, 1815
  • Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain JK Tuckey, R.N. To Which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; some general observations on the country and its habitants; and an appendix: Containing the natural history of did part of the Kingdom of Congo through Which the Zaire flows. 4vo. - London: Murray, 1818 ( reprint Cass, 1967) online
  • Memoir of a chart of Port Philip [ i.e., Phillip ]: Surveyed in October 1803 - Colony Press, 1987 - ISBN 0-949586 -03- X.
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