The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1847

The 1850 Nautical Magazine includes descriptions of New Zealand, the Arctic and the Amazon, and discussion of steam engine designs.

9781108054379, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

716 pages, 8 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.9 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 1847 volume has a strong Australasian focus, describing the already near-extinct New Zealand kakapo, the costume of one of the principal Maori chiefs and, in unflattering terms, the port of Auckland. Books reviewed include Joseph Beete Jukes' account of his surveying voyage to the Torres Strait and Sir John Barrow's autobiography (both available in the Cambridge Library Collection). There are articles on the Arctic and the Amazon (the latter translated from French), an essay on designs by Trevithick and others for steam engines and a piece congratulating Captain Becher (the magazine's editor) on his recently invented 'artificial horizon'.

Contents to volume for 1847
1. January 1847
2. February 1847
3. March 1847
4. April 1847
5. May 1847
6. June 1847
7. July 1847
8. August 1847
9. September 1847
10. October 1847
11. November 1847
12. December 1847
General index to volume for 1847
New books
New charts
Wood engravings
List of plates.

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