Narrative Of A Voyage Round The World Performed In Her Majesty'S Ship Sulphur, During The Years 1836-1842, Including Details Of The Naval Operations In China, From Dec. 1840, To Nov. 1841 ; Published Under The Authority Of The Lords Commissioners Of The
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
06.04.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
508
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/3 cm
Gewicht
817 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5450-590-4
From open ocean to contested harbours, HMS Sulphur carries you through a world being mapped, measured, and fought over. Steel, salt, smoke, and empire. In Volume II of Edward Belcher's Narrative Of A Voyage Round The World, the royal navy ship journal sharpens into an account of the 1840s China expedition. Written by an officer trained to observe, this circumnavigation voyage narrative blends classic nautical adventure nonfiction with the disciplined detail of a naval travel memoir: coasts and anchorages, shipboard routine, diplomacy and danger, and the evolving realities of British empire maritime history. Central are Belcher's records of the China coast campaign history during December 1840 to November 1841, a vital primary witness to first opium war naval operations and the pressures that shaped the region's modern story. It reads as both working log and human document, where precision matters, ships' guns speak, and the sea keeps testing command, day after day afloat. Long valued as a naval history reference book, Belcher's chronicle also captures the wider sweep of Victorian era sea voyages, when science, commerce, and force travelled together under sail and steam. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For the armchair voyager, it is a complete voyage chronicle volume of storms, straits, and strategy; for the library builder, a maritime history reprint edition that belongs beside the great classics of exploration.
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