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TO
Her Most Gracious Majesty,
QUEEN VICTORIA,
UNDER WHOSE BENIGN AUSPICES
THE ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR VOYAGE,
LATELY MADE BY
HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS ’EREBUS’ AND ’TERROR.’
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N.,
WAS AT ONCE SKILFULLY PLANNED AND SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED
THE PRESENT WORK,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE,
IS, WITH PERMISSION,
MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED
BY
HER MAJESTY'S DEVOTED AND DUTIFUL SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, May 1, 1843.
