Digital Image: 1848 Belcher Nautical Map of the Ryukyu Islands and the Korea Strait
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Title
Chart of the Northern Seas of China and Japan Including the Discoveries of H. M. S. Samarang Captn, Sir E, Belcher C.B. 1845. All the shaded parts have been Surveyed.
1848 (dated) 12 x 18.5 in (30.48 x 46.99 cm) 1 : 2600000
1848 (dated) 12 x 18.5 in (30.48 x 46.99 cm) 1 : 2600000
Description
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Cartographer
Sir Edward Belcher (February 27, 1799 – March 18, 1877) was a British naval officer, scientist, explorer, and marine surveyor active in the middle part of the 19th century. Belcher was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a proud seafaring family. He entered the Royal Navy in 1812, at just 13 years of age. Thirteen years later, in 1825, he was assigned as official surveyor to the Frederick William Beechey expedition to the Pacific and the Bering Strait. By 1836 he was in command of his own surveying (and bombing) ship, the H.M.S. Sulphur in western Africa and the Pacific coast of South America. The Sulphur was ordered back to England via the Trans-Pacific Route in 1839. On the way, he was delayed and reassigned to China to take part in the First Opium War (1839 – 1842). During this period, on January 26 of 1841, he landed on Possession Point on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island. During this visit he made the influential first British survey of Hong Kong Harbor. On returning to England he was Knighted for his services and reassigned to the HMS Samarang to complete survey work throughout the East Indies, but most specifically in the Philippines. In 1852 he commanded the last and largest Admiralty expedition in search of the lost Arctic Explorer Sir John Franklin. The expedition had five ships, four of which were lost to the Arctic ice. Like all British naval officers who lose a ship, he was court-martialed on his return to England. Although exonerated, he never received another command. He died in London at the age of 78. Belcher is commemorated in Hong Kong through Belcher's Street, Belcher Bay and The Belcher's in Kennedy Town. His name is also commemorated in the Belcher Islands, in the Canadian Arctic. He is also commemorated with a plaque in the Admiralty Garden. Following his last active service, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1867 and an admiral in 1872. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Belcher, Captain Sir Edward. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46 (London : Reeve, Benham, and Reeve) 1848.
References
OCLC 793035200.