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Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: John Murray, 1818:. First edition, 8 plates including 6 coloured, 5 engraved maps mainly folding, worn cloth, loose leaves at front. Marvellous account of expedition to little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago and this book is usually priced at £2-3000 .

London, John Murray, 1818. . First edition, 4to., 9 engraved plates including 8 hand-coloured aquatints, by Robert Havell after drawings by William Havell from sketches by members of crew, 6 maps and plans, some folding. This expedition formed part of the Amherst embassy and explored the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago.