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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139424431 2024-10-06T13:51:21+00:00 The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139424431 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108054355 9781139424431 book 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139424431 2024-09-11T04:02:43Z 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 volume for 1843 includes substantial data sets relating to 'bottle charts', on which oceanic currents were recorded by comparing the time and place bottles were thrown overboard with when and where they were later found. A brief verse found in a bottle after a shipwreck is also printed. Books reviewed include Frederick William Beechey's A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), and the correspondence pages refer to a discussion between the editor, Commander Becher, and his superior, Beaufort, about whether serving naval officers should be allowed to contribute copy to the journal. Book North Pole Cambridge University Press North Pole
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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 volume for 1843 includes substantial data sets relating to 'bottle charts', on which oceanic currents were recorded by comparing the time and place bottles were thrown overboard with when and where they were later found. A brief verse found in a bottle after a shipwreck is also printed. Books reviewed include Frederick William Beechey's A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), and the correspondence pages refer to a discussion between the editor, Commander Becher, and his superior, Beaufort, about whether serving naval officers should be allowed to contribute copy to the journal.
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1843
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nautical magazine and naval chronicle for 1843
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Cambridge University Press
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2013
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North Pole
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North Pole
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North Pole
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