HMS Herald (1824)
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HMS Herald was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1822 as HMS Termagant, commissioned in 1824 as HMS Herald and converted to a survey ship in 1845. After
HMS Herald in Sydney Harbour, 1857, albumen print.
Phytelephas macrocarpa, the palm that produces vegetable ivory, found in coastal areas of Central America and northern South America. From Seemann (1857)
Petropavlosk in Kamchatka, Russian port of call for Herald en route to the Bering Strait.
HMS Herald and steamship tender Torch, Expedition to the South Sea, Illustrated London News, 15 May 1852
John MacGillivray
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John MacGillivray was a Scottish naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867.
HMS Herald (1824)
…Herald carried out a survey of the Australian coast and Fiji Islands, continuing the mission of HMS Rattlesnake. The naturalists on the voyage were John MacGillivray (1821–1867), William Milne (botanist) and Denis Macdonald as Assistant Surgeon-zoologist. James Glen Wilson was the ship's artist. Among the crew was…
John Mac Gillivray, naturalist