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| Data.No. | 124 |
Title
Annotation | Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste to
China,Corea and the Island of Lewchew with an Account of Her Shipwreck
hard cover,339 pages.third edition.
In 1817 The ship Alceste brought Lord Amherst to China to serve as ambassador and to help assuage the differences of opinion that had developed between China and Great Britain pertaining to the China trade. During the course of its voyage the ship was wrecked on a hitherto uncharted reef in the vicinity of Borneo but crew and passengers were eventually rescued. This is the best edition of this work, and the first to include the plate of Fort Maxwell. Also included is the account of a meeting with Bonaparte on St. Helena.
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| Author | John M'Leod ,M.D. |
| Publisher | John Murray,Albermarle-Street,London |
| Pub.Year(s) | 1819 |
| Language | English |
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