April 12, 2024
VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE to COREA & SHIPWRECK John M'Leod 1818 2nd Ed. Color Plates
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VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE to COREA & SHIPWRECK John M'Leod 1818 2nd Ed. Color Plates Product Description TITLE: Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an account of her Subsequent Shipwreck. AUTHOR: John McLeod, Surgeon the Alceste PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street London DATE: 1818 Second Edition DESCRIPTION: 4 p. l., 323 p. front. (port.) col. plates. 22 cm. Appendix includes glossary of "Lewchewan words;" also poem: "The Farewell" by "Mr. Gillard. on leaving our hospitable friends at Grand Lewchew": p. 319-323. Hill Collection 1168 NOTES: An important voyage in the history of Anglo-Chinese relations near the opening of the Victorian era. Contains beautiful and important plates depicting Korean culture and national dress. Also a plate depicting Fort Maxwell where the sailors of the shipwrecked Alceste fought off Malay pirates attempting to loot and capture crew of the homeward bound vessel. CONDITION: FINE with renewed spine. Bright clean pages and plates. Original endpapers retained with more added. Some pencilings in pastedowns. BINDING: Full polished calf, spine renewed with matching cloh inkfrog terapeak i000000inkFrog Analytics
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