The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1857

The 1857 Nautical Magazine includes articles on privateering, cable-laying, French shipping legislation and military developments in the Crimea and Canton.

9781108054485, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

738 pages, 11 b/w illus. 4 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4.1 cm, 0.92 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 volume for 1857 includes serials on privateering in the West Indies, a voyage to St Lucia, and on Cambodia. It also describes regions including Zanzibar, the Baltic, Arabia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific and Australasia, and contains military reports about the Crimea and Canton. There are reviews of books by Dr Kane on the Franklin searches and by Livingstone on his missionary travels. Several articles describe the progress of the Atlantic Electric Cable project, and the prospect of telegraphic communication with India is also discussed. The volume also contains a translation of the French merchant shipping code.

Contents of volume for 1857
1. January 1857
2. February 1857
3. March 1857
4. April 1857
5. May 1857
6. June 1857
7. July 1857
8. August 1857
9. September 1857
10. October 1857
11. November 1857
12. December 1857
Index to volume for 1857
References to plates
Woodcuts.

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