Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

by Basil Hall

ABSTRACT
OF THE
VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP LYRA,
In 1816 and 1817.

The Lyra, in the short space of twenty months, viz. from the 9th of
February 1816, to the 14th of October 1817, visited Madeira, the Cape,
Java, Macao, the Yellow Sea, the West Coast of Corea, the Great Loo-choo
Island, Canton, Manilla, Prince of Wales's Island, Calcutta, Madras, the
Mauritius, and St. Helena; having run, in direct courses, a distance of
11,940 nautic leagues, or 41,490 statute miles.

An abstract of the various passages, from place to place, during this voyage, illustrated by brief remarks on the particular circumstances of each, will probably be considered interesting.

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[Sidenote: England to Madeira and Cape, 2520 leagues.]

1.

Sailed through the Needles passage on the 9th of February, 1816.

Arrived at Madeira, 18th of February 9 days
Crossed the equator in longitude 25º 20' west, 4th March 15
Reached the Cape of Good Hope, 14th April 41
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From England to the Cape, in 9 weeks, 2 days, or 65 days.

This is not a very good passage, considering that we carried the north-east trade wind to the latitude of 4º north, and longitude 23º west, where we got the south-east trade, without any interval of calms.

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