The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1840

The 1840 Nautical Magazine focuses on Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic, and reports research on electricity, magnetism and scurvy.

Various Authors (Author)

9781108053921, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

948 pages, 18 b/w illus. 3 maps
21.6 x 14 x 5.3 cm, 1.18 kg

The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. Alongside regular items on wrecks, harbours and lighthouses, naval personnel and law proceedings, the 1840 volume notes Queen Victoria's marriage. The Pacific region features strongly, with reports on the ongoing voyage of the Beagle around Australia, an ethnological article on the Maori (including descriptions of the haka and the 'almost amphibious' swimming of the women), and a brief note on the departure of 'a great number of emigrants' to New Zealand on board the Coromandel. Other contributions include Dumont d'Urville's account of his second Antarctic voyage, essays on China and Mozambique, and scientific work on electricity, magnetism and scurvy.

Part I. January 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part II. February 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part III. March 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part IV. April 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part V. May 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part VI. June 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part VII. July 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part VIII. August 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part IX. September 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part X. October 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part XI. November 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Part XII. December 1840: Original papers
Naval chronicle
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]