The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1841

The 1841 Nautical Magazine includes reports from China during the First Opium War, and James Ross' description of Mount Erebus.

Various Authors (Author)

9781108053914, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

940 pages, 17 b/w illus. 8 maps
21.6 x 14 x 5.3 cm, 1.17 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. The volume for 1841 was the fifth in the 'enlarged series', and the journal's structure continued to evolve. China features strongly in this volume, with coverage of the ongoing First Opium War, and there are several reports from the Beagle survey in Western Australia, and from a Niger expedition, Sumatra and the Falkland Islands. James Ross, writing from Tasmania on 7 April, describes his Antarctic voyage and the naming of Mount Erebus, a 'magnificent volcano … emitting flame and smoke in splendid profusion'. Closer to home, the magazine also outlines proposals for improvements to Bristol docks, involving a certain 'Mr Brunel'.

Contents of volume for 1841
1. January 1841
2. February 1841
3. March 1841
4. April 1841
5. May 1841
6. June 1841
7. July 1841
8. August 1841
9. September 1841
10. October 1841
11. November 1841
12. December 1841
Index
List of plates.

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