Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island — John Shaqi
Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
Geological Memorandum; being a Description of the Specimens of
Rocks collected at Macao and the Ladrone Islands, on the Shores
of the Yellow Sea, the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-choo
Island cxix
VOCABULARY.
PART I.--English and Loo-choo words.
PART II.--Sentences in English and Loo-choo, with a literal Translation.
Loo-choo and Japanese Numerals--Names of Persons at Napakiang--Names of
Places--Days of the Moon--Orders of Rank--Tattoo Marks--Hours of the
Day.
Comparison between the Japanese and Loo-choo Languages.
Comparison between the Loo-choo and Insu Languages.
Comparison between the Loo-choo, Japanese, and Insu Languages.
Corean Words.
DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES.
Sulphur Island, to face the Title Page.
Corean Chief and Secretary To face Page 16
Napakiang 77
Loo-choo Chief and his two Sons 97
Priest and Gentleman of Loo-choo 132
The Prince of Loo-choo 176
Scene after the Prince's Feast 196
Gentleman of Loo-choo in his Cloak 215
Bridge of Napakiang 222
APPENDIX.
Chart of the Gulf of Pe-chee-lee v
Coast of Corea x
Chart of the Great Loo-choo Island xix
Napakiang Roads xxi
Port Melville xxiv
Wollaston's Dip Sector xxxiii
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[Transcriber's note: The following errors have been corrected in the text.]
ERRATA.
Page 1, line 2 from bottom, for _11th August_, read _9th August_.
Page 60, top line, for _was_, read _saw_.
APPENDIX.
Meteorological Journal.--Longitude on the 1st Sept. for 124.20,
read 124.48.
The longitudes in the Met. Journ. from the 3d to the 7th of Sept. inclusive
are too small by 15'.
VOCABULARY.
For _Tatesee_, read _Tatsee_.
For _Teetesee_, read _Teetsee_.
For _Meetesee_, read _Meetsee_.
For _Eeotesee_, read _Eeotsee_.
For _Eeyatesee_, read _Eeyatsee_.
For _opposite_, read _under_, in the note on the word Hour.
[Transcriber's Note: a letter with a macron above it is denoted by [=x].]
VOYAGE TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA AND THE LOO-CHOO ISLANDS.
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CHAPTER I.
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