The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1859

The 1859 Nautical Magazine includes reports of British operations in East Asia, setbacks affecting submarine cables and the Franklin searches.

9781108054508, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

722 pages, 5 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.9 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 1859 volume focuses on Japan and the signing of a long-desired treaty, British military operations in China during the Second Opium War and setbacks affecting the Great Eastern and the laying of submarine cables. Research on water temperatures and currents, and accounts of the eruption of Mauna Loa in Hawaii also feature. The later issues are dominated by developments in the Franklin searches and a new series of 'occasional papers of the Nautical Club'. An unusual feature of this volume is a versified list of lighthouse locations and signals, which was later published in booklet form.

Contents of volume for 1859
1. January 1859
2. February 1859
3. March 1859
4. April 1859
5. May 1859
6. June 1859
7. July 1859
8. August 1859
9. September 1859
10. October 1859
11. November 1859
12. December 1859
Index to volume for 1859
New books
Lights
Plates
Woodcut.

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