Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, Containing Charts, and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices.

Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, Containing Charts, and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices.

DS895.R6 H2

1818

27.5 x 22.5 cm. Asia Collection. In 1816 Captain Basil Hall was dispatched on an embassy to China. After the diplomatic party landed in Canton, the ships embarked on an exploration of the East China and Yellow Seas and the west coast of Korea and Loo-Choo Island (Ryukyu). This area was little-known to Europeans and Hall found the "celebrated map of the Jesuits" inaccurate with respect to Korea. Hall's diary describes the appearance of the indigenous people, their language and culture, and geographic observations with scientific charts of the coasts.

222 pages

Asia - China Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

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