The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1848

The Nautical Magazine for 1848 focuses especially on Arctic exploration, Caribbean hurricanes, lighthouses and the geography and economy of Madeira.

9781108054393, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

712 pages, 15 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.89 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 1848 volume devotes considerable space to the Arctic, and particularly mentions Sir James Ross, who, having recently published an account of his voyage to the Antarctic (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), came out of retirement to lead the first search party for Sir John Franklin. It also contains lists of hurricanes in the West Indies since European settlement, information on lighthouses and a serialised feature on Madeira. Other coverage includes reports of piracy and murder, gruesome sentences handed down by courts martial, the meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay and vocabulary from a Micronesian language.

Contents to volume for 1848
1. January 1848
2. February 1848
3. March 1848
4. April 1848
5. May 1848
6. June 1848
7. July 1848
8. August 1848
9. September 1848
10. October 1848
11. November 1848
12. December 1848
General index to volume for 1848
New books
Wood engravings.

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