Discovery to the West Coast of Korea, and the Great  Loo-Choo Island

Discovery to the West Coast of Korea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island

Code: 10169

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Hall (Cast. B.) Account of Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Korea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, with an Appendix containing Charts and Various Hydrographic and Scientific Notices, and a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language by H. J. Clifford, FIRST EDITION, 5 maps, 8 Finely Coloured Aquatint plates, 2 plain illustrations of views and the people of Loo-Choo, 4to, original boards, uncut, some slight repairs to the front board, original paper printed paper label, (covers slightly worn) London, 1818

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The expedition visited China with Lord Amherst’s embassy and then proceeded to explore the then little known Eastern Seas of China.


The appendix contains a vocabulary of the language spoken at The Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea complied by Lieut. H. J. Clifford.