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Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Samarang, during the Years 1843-46 - Employed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago (Paperback)
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Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Samarang, during the Years 1843-46 - Employed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 2
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Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877) was a British naval officer who
served as surveyor on several long voyages in the Atlantic and
Pacific. Published in 1848, this two-volume account, interspersed
with charts and illustrations, was the second of his journals to
appear in print, and appealed to Victorian readers' enthusiasm for
books on exploration, natural history, ethnology and adventure. In
Volume 2, Belcher recounts dramatic episodes on his return journey
to England from Japan via Hong Kong and Mauritius. This volume
incorporates an engaging, and sometimes alarming, commentary on
flora and fauna provided by the ship's surgeon, Arthur Adams, in
which readers are introduced to spectacular species of spiders,
fish and snakes, as well as sensational descriptions of shrunken
heads. It also includes a 30-page vocabulary chart, introduced by
Ernest Adams, listing English words and their equivalents in
Spanish and ten Asian languages.
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