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Title: Account of a Voyage of Discovery
to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island

Author: Captain Basil Hall

Release Date: June 6, 2009 [EBook #29051]

Language: English

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[Illustration: SULPHUR ISLAND.

_Published Jany. 1. 1818. by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London._]

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.

BY CAPTAIN BASIL HALL,

ROYAL NAVY, F.R.S. LOND. & EDIN.
MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA, OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF
BOMBAY, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT BATAVIA.

AND

A VOCABULARY OF THE LOO-CHOO LANGUAGE,

BY H.J. CLIFFORD, ESQ.

LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY.

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
1818.

TO
CAPTAIN MURRAY MAXWELL,
Knight Companion to the Bath,
TO WHOSE
ABILITY IN CONDUCTING THIS VOYAGE,
ZEAL IN GIVING ENCOURAGEMENT TO EVERY INQUIRY,
SAGACITY IN DISCOVERING THE DISPOSITION OF THE NATIVES,
AND ADDRESS IN GAINING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND GOOD WILL,
IS TO BE ATTRIBUTED
WHATEVER MAY BE FOUND INTERESTING OR USEFUL
IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES,
THIS WORK
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY
THE AUTHORS.

PREFACE.

The following work contains a Narrative of the Voyage to the West Coast
of Corea, and the Great Loo-choo Island; an Appendix, containing
Nautical details; and a Vocabulary of the Language spoken at Loo-choo.

In drawing up the Narrative from journals written at the time, I have
derived great assistance from notes made by Lieutenant H.J. Clifford, of
the Navy. This officer obtained permission from the Admiralty to
accompany me, though on half pay, and having no specific duty to
perform, he was enabled to devote himself entirely to the acquisition of
knowledge; and had it in his power to reco