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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1846
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 ISBN: 110805434X     ISBN-13: 9781108054348
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $74.09  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Renaissance
- Transportation
Dewey: 387.5
Physical Information: 1.59" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.99 lbs) 724 pages
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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 1846 volume includes reports on tribal warfare in New Zealand and a review of John Lort Stokes' book Discoveries in Australia (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), describing the Beagle voyage. Mexico and the Baltic also feature prominently, and the second report of the Tidal Harbours Commission, of which Sir Francis Beaufort was a member, is given full coverage. The wreck reports are particularly poignant, including a captain unable to save his young daughter, while fascinating short notes record the transport of camels to start a breeding program in Bolivia, November meteorites and a shower of frogs over the Humber.
 
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