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Narrative of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46; employed surveying the islands of the Eastern archipelago; accompanied by a br

Narrative of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46; employed surveying the islands of the Eastern archipelago; accompanied by a br

Belcher, Edward

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Foreign Language GeneralGeneral EuropeGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353700582
ISBN13: 9789353700584
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.29
Height: 1.04 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Set sail with the Victorian Royal Navy into waters barely mapped. Follow the wake of a survey ship, where instruments and seamanship decide survival. In Edward Belcher's naval exploration journal of the HMS Samarang expedition (1843-46), every landfall is measured, named, and weighed against the sea. Charts, storms, and first encounters. This 19th century travelogue carries the urgency of a working ship: a maritime expedition narrative written to record routes, reefs, tides, and the human geography of the eastern archipelago islands. Across Borneo, the Philippines, and the wider southeast Asia exploration zone, Belcher assembles hydrographic surveying accounts that read like field notes from the edge of empire. You will find the practical mind of a surveyor and the observational eye of a traveller: coasts traced for safe passage, harbours judged, natural history noticed, and encounters with local communities framed as colonial era primary sources. Volume I also includes an indigenous language vocabulary, a brief but telling record of speech gathered amid the pressures of contact. Long valued as a maritime history reference and a window into royal navy surveying voyages, this narrative remains a key document of nineteenth-century seafaring and British presence in the region. Adventure for the armchair reader; for collectors of classic literature, a durable record of maritime science and encounter at sea's edge. 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.

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