On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago: A Record of the Surveying Service in the China Yellow and Japan Seas and on the Seaboard of Korea and Manchuria

Blakeney, William R. N.

Published by London Elliot Stock 1902, 1902

About this Item

xx, 353 pp. Quarto. Rebound in old blue cloth boards. Gilt lines and lettering on the spine. Spine is sunned. Back board has some shelf wear. Edges trimmed and somewhat dust soiled. Inside, the end papers are rather stained. Booksellers stamps and labels on the back paste down. This book includes 19 maps (17 are folding) and is profusely illustrated with plans, charts, sketches, paintings and photographs. There is occasional staining and foxing throughout the volume. A nice copy of a very interesting title. This book describes the surveying voyage of H. M. S. Actaeon between 1857 and 1862. This book was written by the surveying officer on that voyage, William Blakeney. This volume contains chapters on the Chu Kiang (Canton River), Pratas Reef, Formosa, the Korean Strait and the Sea of Japan, and was based on notes that Blakeney had recorded during the voyage. Published forty years after the events described, it was dedicated by the author to "His Excellency the Marquis Hirobumi ITO, G. C. B., four times Premier of Japan and a friend of England since he first landed on its shores nearly forty years ago." A very reasonably priced copy in a more modern binding. As a note of provenance, Lieutenant Commander Andrew David of the Royal Navy was a previous owner of this volume. David was a prominent hydrographic specialist who served with the Hakluyt Society and the Society for Nautical Research. His book plate is on the front free end paper. Seller Inventory # 143809

Bibliographic Details

Title: On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty ...

Publisher: London Elliot Stock 1902

Publication Date: 1902

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition