The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1852

The 1852 Nautical Magazine reports on the Arctic, China and Turkey, British docks, collieries and shipbuilding, and the Great Exhibition.

9781108054447, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

726 pages, 9 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.91 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 1852 volume is dominated by Arctic matters, particularly the long-running searches for the Franklin expedition. It includes a serialised journal of a voyage to China and a glowing review of Robert Fortune's Journey to the Tea Countries of China (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). A long-running serial, 'Shakings from Smyrna', contains an eclectic mix of information about Turkey. Piracy, slavery and shipwrecks also feature, as do the Great Exhibition, an assessment of the first year of operation of the Mercantile Marine Act and the docks, collieries, and shipbuilding industry of North-East England.

Index of contents of volume for 1852
1. January 1852
2. February 1852
3. March 1852
4. April 1852
5. May 1852
6. June 1852
7. July 1852
8. August 1852
9. September 1852
10. October 1852
11. November 1852
12. December 1852
Plates.

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