Ku sii qor faqradan - Adams wuxuu ahaa caawiyaha dhakhtarka Royal Navy ee HMS "Samarang" inta lagu gudajiray sahaminta jasiiradaha Bariga Archipelago, laga bilaabo 1843 ilaa 1846. Waxa uu daabacay "Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang" (1850). Adam White ayaa ka wada shaqeeyay sharaxaada Crustacea ee safarka. Sanadkii 1857, intii lagu jiray dagaalkii labaad ee Shiinaha
intii uu ahaa dhakhtar ku shaqeeya markabka HMS "Actaeon", wuxuu goob joog ka ahaa duulaankii Canton waxaana la gudoonsiiyay billaddii dagaalka ee Shiinaha. Waxa uu ka fariistay isagoo ah dhakhtar qalliin oo ka tirsan shaqaalaha markabka HMS "Royal Adelaide" ee Plymouth sanadkii 1870.