William Robert Broughton's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific 1795–1798

William Robert Broughton's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific 1795–1798
Author: Mr Andrew David
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2013-07-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1409482294

Edited and richly annotated by Lt Cdr Andrew David, this volume offers for the first time a complete transcript of the handwritten journal kept by William Broughton on his voyage to the North Pacific (1795-1798), together with letters and the journal of his journey across Mexico (1793). Aiming to complete the work left unfinished by Cook's third voyage, Broughton surveyed the coasts of Japan, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin and Korea, despite being wrecked on an uncharted reef off the Ryukyu Islands in the middle of the mission.

Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo

Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo
Author: Basil Hall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134284802

First published in 1931. 'Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him.' Times Literary Supplement Basil Hall's Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. Miscellaneous in their topics, and arranged without any order the volumes re-issued here have been selected for their clarity and interest, both geographical and historical. Few books give a more graphic picture of the Royal Navy a century ago and Hall's volumes are full of nautical information. Hall was also an indefatigable traveller and a keen observer who learnt Hindustani, Malay and Japanese, studied Hindu mythology, flora, fauna and geology and compiled the first ever vocabulary of the language of the Loo Choo Islands.

William Robert Broughton's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific 1795-1798

William Robert Broughton's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific 1795-1798
Author: Andrew David
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134767501

Edited and richly annotated by Lt Cdr Andrew David, this volume offers for the first time a complete transcript of the handwritten journal kept by William Broughton on his voyage to the North Pacific (1795-1798), together with supplementary letters and the journal of Broughton's journey across Mexico (1793). An extensive introduction by Professor Barry Gough places the voyage in its historical context. Broughton had first visited the North Pacific in 1792 in command of the brig Chatham during Vancouver's voyage. When negotiations between Vancouver and Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra reached an impasse, Broughton was sent back to London to seek fresh instructions, travelling across Mexico and returning to Europe in Spanish ships. Back in London in July 1793 he was appointed in command of the sloop Providence with orders to rejoin Vancouver in the Pacific, taking with him the astronomer John Crosley.

The Great Loochoo

The Great Loochoo
Author: Clarence J. Glacken
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520346386

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.

Ryukyu (Loochoo) Islands

Ryukyu (Loochoo) Islands
Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1944
Genre: Ryukyu Islands
ISBN:

Okinawa: The History of an Island People

Okinawa: The History of an Island People
Author: George H. Kerr
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2011-10-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1462901840

"[Okinawa: The History of an Island People is] a book that answers the questions of the curious layman, satisfies the standards of critical scholarship, and is readable and fascinating besides. --American Historical Review"

A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English

A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English
Author: Jozef Rogala
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136639233

Provides an invaluable and very accessible addition to existing biographic sources and references, not least because of the supporting biographies of major writers and the historical and cultural notes provided.