Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island

Author: Basil Hall

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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"Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island" by Basil Hall was a British Royal Navy officer who served with distinction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and was tasked with a mission to visit the West coast of Kora, the Gulf of Pecheli, and other lands in the region. This book narrates the adventures had on that voyage which saw Europeans in those waters for the first time in recorded history.

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

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 1134767579

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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.