The Naval Chronicle: Volume 36, July–December 1816
Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects

Volume 36 of the Naval Chronicle (1816) includes reports on the Bombardment of Algiers and the total solar eclipse.

James Stanier Clarke (Edited by), John McArthur (Edited by)

9781108018753, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 September 2010

566 pages, 6 b/w illus. 7 maps
21.6 x 3.2 x 14 cm, 0.71 kg

The Naval Chronicle, published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. This reissue is the first complete printed reproduction of what was the most influential maritime publication of its day. The subjects covered range from accounts of battles and lists of ships to notices of promotions and marriages, courts martial and deaths, and biographies, poetry and letters. Each volume also contains engravings and charts relating to naval engagements and important harbours around the world. Volume 36, published in 1816, contains official reports and eyewitness accounts of the Bombardment of Algiers by Lord Exmouth in retaliation for the Dey of Algiers having broken the recently negotiated treaty forbidding the taking of slaves. Technical reports focus on the total solar eclipse of that year and the discovery of sunspot formation. Maps and descriptions of Copenhagen harbour and Algiers are also included.

Preface
Naval biography
Correspondence
Philosophical papers
State papers
Hydrography
Shipwrecks
Naval literature
Poetry
Imperial parliament
Naval history of the present year, 1816
Nautical anecdotes and selections
Index.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]