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 ; and a vocabulary of the Loo-Choo language



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1818

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 ; and a vocabulary of the Loo-Choo language

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In 1816, Basil Hall, a British naval officer, commanded the brig HMS Lyra as part of a diplomatic mission to China under William Pitt Amherst, Baron Amherst. This is a narrative of the survey voyage Hall undertook, travelling to the west coast of Corea (Korea) and Loo-Choo Island (Ryukyu Islands, Japan), with an appendix containing charts, nautical and hydrographical details. Includes a Loo-Choo (Ryukyuan) language vocabulary compiled by Herbert John Clifford, Esq., presenting a collection of words and sentences in common use.

Subjects

Hall, Basil, 1788-1844--Travel Korea--Description and travel Ryukyu Islands--Description and travel Ryukyuan language--Vocabulary

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Description and travel Languages

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Title
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 ; and a vocabulary of the Loo-Choo language
Creators
  • Hall, Basil, 1788-1844
Subject
  • Hall, Basil, 1788-1844--Travel
  • Korea--Description and travel
  • Ryukyu Islands--Description and travel
  • Ryukyuan language--Vocabulary
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1818
  • John Murray, 1818
Contributors
  • John Bastin
  • Clifford, Herbert John
  • Havell, William, 1782-1857
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (some col.), maps
Provenance
  • The resource described is part of the National Library Board’s Singapore Collection, digitised as part of the NL-NAS Masterplan by Whole-of-Government (WOG) panel vendor (Konica) in 2020/2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
Table of Contents
  • Narrative. ch. I. H.M.S. Alceste and Lyra leave the Yellow Sea on a voyage of discovery ...... Leave Corea ; ch. II. Enter the Japan Sea ...... Study of the language ; ch. III. The Lyra sent to survey the island of Loo-choo ...... Advice to a stranger visiting this island -- Appendix -- Vocabulary.
Copyright
  • Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2020