The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1867

The 1867 Nautical Magazine describes volcanos, hurricanes, icebergs and shipwrecks, a transatlantic yacht race and a new route to China.

9781108054898, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

744 pages, 5 b/w illus. 3 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4.2 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 1867 volume features numerous pieces of verse about the disasters of the previous year, including the wreck of the London and a fire at the Crystal Palace. It describes hurricanes, an iceberg collision, volcanic eruptions and a tsunami, as well as a fatal shipwreck in Cornwall that inspired the funding of a lifeboat. It also reports on a yacht race from New York to Cowes, the aftermath of the Jamaican rebellions, a route to China via the Irrawaddy River and the discovery of a mid-ocean ridge in the Pacific, suggesting the possibility of laying a submarine cable to Honolulu.

1. January 1867
2. February 1867
3. March 1867
4. April 1867
5. May 1867
6. June 1867
7. July 1867
8. August 1867
9. September 1867
10. October 1867
11. November 1867
12. December 1867
Index to volume for 1867
Lights.

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