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Annotation | Original Letter signed "Basil Hall" to Lady Sidmouth,saying that his mother had shown Landseer the "box" of very interesting figures which you put in my hands" and " He had already seen some of them! and considers them very curious indeed" ,making arrangements for the return of the box,having sealed it.
Title: Letter Signed Basil Hall, to Lady Sidmouth, saying
Description: 71 Harley Street, 2 April 1838. Captain Basil Hall (1788-1844), Royal Navy, Scottish travel writer, author of Fragments of Voyages and Travels (3 series, each in 3 vols., 1831-33, and frequently reprinted). Hall travelled to China with the Amherst Embassy, and wrote his Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Islands (1818 and later editions). ----------------------------
Letter signed "Basil Hall" to Lady Sidmouth,saying that his mother had shown Landseer the "box" of very interesting figures which you put in my hands" and " He had already seen some of them! and considers them very curious indeed" ,making arrangements for the return of the box,having sealed it.
Letter is dated 2 April,1838,1 page &x41/2 inches,a few words and signature overleaf,in good condition....
Basil Hall(the first person who delivered the Holy Bible to Korean High-leveled official during his visit to Korea in 1816..............................................
BASIL HALL, (1788-1844), British naval officer, traveller and miscellaneous writer, was born at Edinburgh on the 3ist of December 1788. His father was Sir James Hall of Dunglass, the geologist. Basil Hall was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and in 1802 entered the navy, where he rose to the rank of postcaptain in 1817, after seeing active service in several fields. By observing the ethnological as well as the physical peculiarities of the countries he visited, he collected the materials for a very large number of scientific papers. In 1816 he commanded the sloop Lyra, which accompanied Lord Amhersts embassy to China; and he described his cruise in An Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-ckoo Island in the Japan Sea (London, 1818). In 1820 be heldacommand on the Pacific coast of America, and in 1824 published two volumes of Extracts from a Journal written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the Years 182o2122. Retiring on half-pay in 1824, Hall in 1825 married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Hunter, an.d in her company travelled (182 71828) through the United States. In 1829 he published his Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, which was assailed by the American press for its views of American society. Schloss Hainfeld, or a Winter in Lower Styria (1836), is partly a romance, partly a description of a visit paid by the author to the castle of the countess Purgstall. Spain and the Seat of War in Spain appeared in 1837. The Fragments of Voyages and Travels (9 vols.) were issued in. three detachments, between 1831 and 1840. Captain Hall was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical and Geological Societies. His last work, a collection of sketches and tales under the name of Patcfrwork (1841) had not been long published before its author became insane, and he died in Haslar hospital, Portsmouth, on the 11th of September 1844.
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| Author | Basil Hall(the first person who delivered the Holy Bible to Korean High-leveled official during his visit to Korea in 1816) |
| Publisher | . |
| Pub.Year(s) | 1838 |
| Language | English |
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