Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island
With an Appendix, Containing Charts, and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices and a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
- Author: Basil Hall
- Date Published: January 2015
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108080422
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A naval officer and man of science, Basil Hall (1788–1844) commanded the brig HMS Lyra as part of Lord Amherst's 1816 embassy to the Qing court in China. While Amherst was engaged on his ultimately abortive venture, the mission's ships visited the west coast of Korea, and then travelled to the island of Okinawa (then known as the Great Loo-Choo Island), where they stayed for several weeks. Little was known about these regions in Britain, and this illustrated account of the journey offered many insights. As well as providing nautical data, such as surveys, soundings and meteorological observations, Hall also comments on geography and culture. A substantial vocabulary and primer on the Okinawan language, compiled by fellow naval officer H. J. Clifford, is included in the appendix. Hall's narratives of his later travels to both North and South America are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
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- Date Published: January 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108080422
- length: 472 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 180 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.88kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus. 7 colour illus. 5 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. A voyage of discovery
2. Enter the Japan Sea
3. The island of Loo-Choo
Appendix 1. Charts
Appendix 2. Table of observations
Appendix 3. Meteorological journal
Appendix 4. Abstract of the Lyra's voyage
Appendix 5. Geological memorandum
Vocabulary of the language spoken at the great Loo-Choo island
Sentences in English and Loo-Choo
Comparison between the Japanese and Loo-Choo languages.-
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