The oriental voyager [title page].

Creator

Date Created

1807

Identifier

University of Otago Library Special Collections (Shoults) - Eb 1807 J
s8

Publisher

London : Printed by Joyce Gold, Shoe-Lane, Fleet-street, for James Asperne, at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, 32, Cornhill.

Description

Surgeon James Johnson (1777-1845) was on board the 36 gun ship Caroline, commanded by B. W. Page. Dedicated to Henry Lord Viscount Melville, this work contains a topographical and picturesque sketch of all the places annually visited by the British East India and China fleets, including Madeira, Ceylon, Madras, Bengal, Malacca, Sumatra, Macao and Canton. After sailing through a typhoon, the Caroline eventually arrived at Canton, in early December 1804.

According to Johnson, 'Hog-lane' was the sailor's pleasure-spot, where they would lose their money and get drunk. Anecdotes abound of incidents between the Chinese and the English 'tars'.

Contributor

Johnson, James, 1777-1845

Format

Title pages

Extent

8vo

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Source

The oriental voyager : or, Descriptive sketches and cursory remarks, on a voyage to India and China, in His Majesty

Language

eng

Is Part Of

The oriental voyager

Files

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Collection

Citation

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