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
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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
(Cambridge library collection, . Travel and exploration in Asia)
Cambridge University Press, c2015
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"This edition first published 1818"--t. p. verso
"This book reproduces the text of the original edition.The content and language reflect the beliefs, practices and terminology of their time, and have not been updated."--t. p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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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