The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1869

The 1869 Nautical Magazine reports the completion of the Suez Canal and the Pacific Railroad and a proposed Channel Tunnel.

9781108054874, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

728 pages, 4 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4.1 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 1869 volume marks the completion of the Suez Canal, describing a voyage through it by canoe and, later, the grand opening in the presence of royalty and Christian and Islamic religious leaders. It also celebrates the installation of lightning conductors throughout the British fleet after a thirty-five-year campaign to eliminate lightning-related deaths, injuries and damage. Other articles discuss the welfare of seamen, the responsibilities of ships' officers and shipowners, voyages to East Asia and Australasia, the geography of South America, the laying of the French transatlantic cable and the completion of the Pacific Railroad from New York to San Francisco.

1. January 1869
2. February 1869
3. March 1869
4. April 1869
5. May 1869
6. June 1869
7. July 1869
8. August 1869
9. September 1869
10. October 1869
11. November 1869
12. December 1869
Index
Lights.

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