The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1835 volume lists new charts for parts of the Indian Ocean and the Australian coast, and includes a letter proposing a canal across the Isthmus of Darien (Panama). It also contains an allegedly authentic journal of a Russian privateer, whose lurid details read more like a work of fiction. Other coverage includes regular items of naval and shipping news, the sailing times of the Falmouth packets, discussion of courts martial and of discipline on merchant ships, and a review of the recently rediscovered papers of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection).
Contents
Part I. January 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part II. February 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part III. March 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part IV. April 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part V. May 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part VI. June 1835: Hydrography; Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part VII. July 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part VIII. August 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part IX. September 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part X. October 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part XI. November 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Part XII. December 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Naval register; Supplement. December 1835: Original papers; Miscellaneous intelligence; Index; List of plates.
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