Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste to China, Korea to the Island of Lewchew; with an account of her subsequent shipwreck

by John M'Leod, M. D.

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Third edition. Portrait, map and 5 colour plates. 337pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters mottled calf and marbled boards, maroon title label. Fine. Item #317983 McLeod was ship's surgeon on the Alceste in Amherst's failed mission embassy to China. Places visited include Liu-Kiu Okinawa , Korea, Manila, Macao. The Alceste was wrecked on the return voyage and the men, left on an island while Amherst sailed

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