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

A naval expedition narrative combines day-to-day accounts of a voyage along the west coast of Korea and to the principal Loo-choo island with practical scientific appendices. The text recounts coastal surveys, harbor descriptions, and interactions with local chiefs and communities, offering observations on manners, religion, language, and material culture alongside a compiled vocabulary. Appendices present charts, hydrographical and meteorological records, astronomical observations, and geological notes, and the work is accompanied by drawings of scenery and costume, providing both navigational detail for seafarers and ethnographic and natural-history information for future visitors.