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Fugitive Hydrography: The Nautical Magazine and the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, c.1832–1850


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Authors

Barford, Megan 

Abstract

jats:p This article examines the Nautical Magazine and its relationship with the Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty in the early nineteenth century. It suggests how the magazine functioned as an organ for the dissemination and collection of useful knowledge in its endeavour to improve the Royal and Merchant navies. The periodical also presented the work of an emergent maritime science community in the Hydrographic Office, and served as a forum for the encouragement of engagement with naval science. Using archival material from the Hydrographic Office, which refers to, or was reproduced in the magazine, the article explores some of the ambiguities of a journalistic venture supported by the state in a period in which the organization and role of key public institutions were being redefined. </jats:p>

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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Sage via http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0843871415571038

Keywords

4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology

Journal Title

International Journal of Maritime History

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Journal ISSN

0843-8714
2052-7756

Volume Title

27

Publisher

SAGE Publications