The Nautical Magazine for 1871

The 1871 Nautical Magazine shows the new editor's ambition to modernise, by including political analysis, general science, and light reading.

Various authors (Author)

9781108056496, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 January 2015

920 pages, 9 b/w illus. 5 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4.6 cm, 1.04 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 1871 volume, beginning a 'new series' under a new editor, opens by announcing certain changes to the magazine 'to bring it more into harmony with the spirit of this advancing age … enlarging its usefulness' so as to be 'a means of adding to the honour and prosperity of England, and to the welfare of humanity at large'. Hydrography and navigation would continue to be prominent, but leisure reading would also feature. Other new departures include substantial articles analysing topics relating to a planned Shipping Bill, reports of the meetings of learned societies, and regular articles on competitive yachting and rowing.

1. January 1871
2. February 1871
3. March 1871
4. April 1871
5. May 1871
6. June 1871
7. July 1871
8. August 1871
9. September 1871
10. October 1871
11. November 1871
12. December 1871
Index.

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