The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1856

The 1856 Nautical Magazine includes reports on proposals for canals at Suez and Panama and for a telegraph to India.

9781108054478, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

742 pages, 7 b/w illus. 7 maps
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 1856 volume is still overshadowed by the aftermath of the disastrous Franklin expedition to navigate the North-West Passage; ironically, the Suez Canal proposed by de Lesseps, and the possibility of a Panama canal, also feature prominently. Another report discusses a projected telegraph to the Middle East and India, while an account of a voyage to the Crimea comments that 'Gallipoli … has little to recommend it'. Other topics covered include the sailing times of Atlantic packets and steamers, the Pacific and Indian oceans, Sydney docks, Aboriginal culture and awards received by the editor in recognition of his invention of an 'artificial horizon'.

Contents of volume for 1856
1. January 1856
2. February 1856
3. March 1856
4. April 1856
5. May 1856
6. June 1856
7. July 1856
8. August 1856
9. September 1856
10. October 1856
11. November 1856
12. December 1856
Index to volume for 1856
Charts and illustrations.

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