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McLEOD, John.
Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of her subsequent Shipwreck.
The book contains five appendices. The first pertains to the court-martial related to the loss of the loss/sinking of the Alceste. The other four relate to Okinawa (Lew Chew). This is the Narrative of the expedition (February 1816 - August 1817) of the British Naval ships the Alceste and the Lyra under the command of Captain Murray Maxwell to transport the Lord Amherst's Embassy to China and explore the relatively little-known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. The book contains extensive sections on visits to China, Korea, Okinawa (Lew Chew), and St Helena. The first edition of the book is not broken down into chapters. This edition has seven chapters, and each chapter has summary headings
- Published
- London: John Murray, 1818.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 559; Lipperheide 1529; Huntress 188c. Bobins I 298.
- Plates
- 5
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: John Murray, 1818.
- Ref
- 564
Octavo (217 x 137 mm). Attractive contemporary black half calf on marbled boards title direct to spine elegant gilding in the compartments. Soft ground etched portrait of Capt. Murray Maxwell as frontispiece and five coloured aquatint plates. Contemporary penciled ownership inscription of Louisa Du Cane on the title. A little rubbed at the extremities, some scattered foxing plates mildly browned but a very good copy overall. Second Edition, first published the previous year. McLeod was the Surgeon of the Alceste, which carried Lord Amherst on his embassy to China. The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Gaspar; all hands survived to be menaced by Malay pirates but eventually rescued by the East-Indiaman Ternate. A reviewer in the Edinburgh Review remarked on "Mr. McLeod's animated and ennobling story of the loss of the Alceste and the deliverance of the crew...makes us proud of our country, and puts us in good humour with our species." Coloured plates in order: 1. Islanders of Sir James Hall's Group. 2. Corean Chief and Attendants. 3. Lewchewan Chief and Attendants. 4. Garden of the Tempe at Lewchew. 5. Fort Maxwell.
