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Notes on the Late Expedition against the Russian Settlements in Eastern Siberia: And of a Visit to Japan and to the Shores of Tartary, and of the Sea of Okhostk: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

Autor Bernard Whittingham
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 noi 2013
In April 1855, Bernard Whittingham (fl.1850), a captain of the Royal Engineers, set off from Hong Kong aboard H.M.S. Sibylle. He had volunteered to join an Allied squadron attempting 'to discover the progress of Russian aggrandisement in North-eastern Asia, and to ascertain how far the reports of her successful encroachment on the sea frontiers of China and Japan were true'. In the context of the Crimean War's Pacific theatre, he was also keen to see avenged the Royal Navy's defeat by the Russians at Petropavlovsk the previous year. Whittingham's notes, published in 1856, give a personal and uniquely British account of an understudied time and place with far-reaching influence on later events. The book is also a rich source of anecdotes, not least that relating to the capture of crew members of the ill-fated Russian frigate Diana.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108066853
ISBN-10: 1108066852
Pagini: 324
Ilustrații: 1 map
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Object of the writer in joining naval expedition; 2. Description of the harbour of Hakodadi; 3. Difficulty of getting westward; 4. Sail to the south; 5. Allied squadron left at Cape Crillon; 6. Steer towards Aian; 7. Visit of harbour-master; 8. Leave Hakodadi; 9. Nagasaki harbours; 10. Leave Nagasaki; Appendices.

Descriere

Originally published in 1856, this is a first-hand account of British activity in the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War.