The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1850

The 1850 Nautical Magazine features the Arctic searches for the Franklin expedition, the new Mercantile Marine Act and Turkish vocabulary.

9781108054423, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

740 pages, 15 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 4.1 cm, 0.93 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 1850 volume provides extensive coverage of the ongoing search for Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition and reprints extracts from the weekly magazine of one of the ships. The Mercantile Marine Act (1850) is reported in full and a serialised phrase book, 'Turkish for Tars', provides fascinating insights into the economic and strategic importance of Turkey at that time. Besides everyday phrases, it includes medical vocabulary, ranging from 'antimony' to 'yellow fever', and many military terms. Finally, a far-sighted writer on history compares the international wrangling over the Falkland Islands to 'the squabble of two cunning boys for a rotten apple'.

Contents to volume for 1850
1. January 1850
2. February 1850
3. March 1850
4. April 1850
5. May 1850
6. June 1850
7. July 1850
8. August 1850
9. September 1850
10. October 1850
11. November 1850
12. December 1850
General index to volume for 1850
New books
Plates
Wood engravings.

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