The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1862

The 1862 Nautical Magazine reports on the Slave Trade Treaty, trans-Canadian transport, submarine telegraph projects and a scientific balloon ascent.

9781108054539, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

724 pages, 6 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 1862 volume focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, with articles on Micronesia and on voyages from Singapore to Saigon and Melbourne. It also features telegraph projects in the Crimea and the Bering Strait, a proposed cable from Ireland to Newfoundland and a planned trans-Canadian transport link which would use inland waterways for most of the way. The volume reports on the Slave Trade Treaty between Britain and the United States, and the new Merchant Shipping Act. Particularly unusual is a description of a balloon ascent to a height of five miles by a staff member of the Royal Observatory.

Contents of volume for 1862
1. January 1862
2. February 1862
3. March 1862
4. April 1862
5. May 1862
6. June 1862
7. July 1862
8. August 1862
9. September 1862
10. October 1862
11. November 1862
12. December 1862
Index to volume for 1862
Lights.

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