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Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46; employed surveying the islands of the Eastern Archipelago; accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages / by Captain Sir Edward Belcher ; With notes on the natural history of the islands, by Arthur Adams, assistant surgeon.

  • Edward Belcher
Date:
1848
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Credit: Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46; employed surveying the islands of the Eastern Archipelago; accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages / by Captain Sir Edward Belcher ; With notes on the natural history of the islands, by Arthur Adams, assistant surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ? WORKS I ON j> NATURAL SCIENCE, > * l < PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY s s S J> REEVE, BENHAM, AND REEVE, j KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. \ l . I > > I Butt fttMisfyds. I ( Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.) 1. NARRATIVE of the VOYAGE of H.M.S. SAMARANG, ? > £ during the Years 1843-46. By Captain Sir Edward > Belcher, C.B., E.B.A.S., and G.S., Commander of the J Expedition. With a Popular Summary of the NATUBAL : HISTOBY of the islands visited, by Arthur Adams, Assistant-Surgeon, B.N, \ “ The cession of the territory of Sarawak by the Sultan of Borneo to our country- - man, Mr. Brooke, and its rapid consolidation and prosperity under his benignant rule, ] \ have awakened the mind of Europe, and that of England especially, to the great i political and commercial importance of the numerous and beautiful groups of islands ; <> in the Asiatic Archipelago. All these points were visited during the long voyage <: of the Samarang, some of them several times; and the Narrative is intensely 5 interesting.”—Athenceum. “What channels are opening, and how delightful it is to believe that an irrisistible ' ; impulse has been given to the deliverance of these masses from oppression ; Captain ^ : Belcher affords us some most interesting intelligence in regard to this devoutly to be f £ wished consummation, and we hope the generality of our readers will follow the course i of this voyage from Borneo to Loo-Choo, Korea and Japan. The commercial intelli- : ■ gence and advice are particularly valuable,”—Literary Gazette. *** Two vols., 8vo., with thirty-five Charts, Plates, and Etchings, : j 36s., cloth. <