[Selkirk, Alexander] / [A.B. Becher (Editor)].

The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1837. A Journal of Papers on Subjects connected with Maritime Affairs [with detailed accounts by Captain P. Masters of Liverpool in his “Notes on a Voyage from Cape Horn to Mazatlan” reporting on Juna Fernandez Island and its connection to Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)].

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1837. Octavo. XII, 864, 12, [12] pages with numerous folded and full-page plates and maps. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s half-leather with original gilt ships as spine-ornament. Original spine-label missing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some minor signs of foxing to the plates only (due to different paper being used for the maps and illustrations). The text absolutely clean.

The important Natucal Magazine of 1837 includes for example the following plans and maps:

1. “Wyre Harbour” by Commander Belcher with the Projected Town of Fleetwood (1836) – With one of the earliest Railway Maps: Insert – Map showing “The Railway to Preston” /
2. Pier Harbours on the Same Scale [Port William at Redcar / Kingstown HArbour / Bridlington Tidal Harbour / Ramsgate Tidal HArbour / Scarborough Tidal Harbour]
3. Calloway’s Wheel /
4. Modern Castle at Port Tigani, Island of Samos /
5. H.M.S.V.Pluto – Diagram of the Performances of Morgan’s Wheels and of the Old or Common Wheels during the several Mile Trials made of the Vessel’s Speed, the former on the 1st of May and the latter on the 6th August 1831 /
6. Morgan’s Paddle-Wheels /
7. Tracks of H.M.Vessels in search of the Eight Stones [Map showing the Island of Madeira and surroundings] /
8. Sketch of Apalachicola Bay by Capt. Roals of the Aurora (1837) /
9. Tide Signals at Havre /
10. Eastern Entrances to Torres Strait with the Tracks of H.M.Colonial Schooner Isabella and East India Company’s Tigris in search of the survivors of the Charles Eaton (1836) – [Map] compiled from the Journals by Captain P.P.King (R.N.) /
11. Harris ‘s Conductor s for Ships
12. Explanation of a Common Gun Lock, altered to serve as a Percussion Lock
13. Collier’s Improved Steam-Boilers [Large folding plan in a special Appendix “On the Superior Advantages of Collier’s Improved Steam-Boilers” /

Includes also a section on “Law Proceedings” for “Murder on the High Seas” (before Justice Littledale and Justice Coleridge regarding Richard Edwards, 21, and John Woodcock, 20, being indicted for the wilful murder of Alexander Nance, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England – With a witness-statement by one Jeremiah Sullivan who gives the worst statement of bullying and subsequent murder of a disfigured shiphand from Falmouth [″The Late Murder on the High Seas – On Friday last, the trial of Richard Edwards and John Woodcock, the master and mate of the schooner “Ada”, for the murder of Alexander Nance, on the passage from St. Michael’s to Falmouth, took place at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Justice Coleridge. The evidence given against them was the same as that given on their examination before the Magistrates at Falmouth, which has already appeared at length in our columns. A number of witnesses gave the prisoners an excellent character for humanity and general goodness of disposition; and the jury, after deliberating about five minutes, found them guilty of manslaughter only. The case occupied the attention of the Court for nearly eleven hours and a half. The prisoners have since been sentenced to transportation for life” /

• Keywords: Alexander Selkirk · Books with vintage Maps · English History – Rare · Juan Fernandez Island · Law – Rare · Maritime History · Maritime History – Rare · Nautical Books · Nautical Chart · Naval History · Railway – Rare · Railway Maps · Robinson Crusoe · Travel & Expedition – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29858AB

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