The Nautical Magazine for 1832 The Nautical Magazine, 1832–1870 39 Volume Set Series

The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The first volume opens by explaining the magazine's objectives, notably to promote the safety of seamen and the advancement of hydrography. The content reflects the interests of the founding editor, Captain (later Rear-Admiral) A. B. Becher (1796?1876), and especially his commanding officer, the enormously productive Hydrographer of the Navy, Francis Beaufort (1774?1857). Besides managing the surveying and publication of a definitive repository of charts (new additions are regularly listed in the magazine), Beaufort was influential in promoting exploration, oceanography, meteorology and astronomy, all of which feature prominently from the first volume, together with naval and shipping news.

Part I. March 1832: Address to the public; Introduction; Hydrography; Voyages; Works in navigation and nautical science; Nautical miscellany; Part II. April 1832: Hydrography; Voyages; Works of nautical science and art; Nautical miscellany; Part III. May 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part IV. June 1832: Hydrography; Maritime papers, reviews of voyages, etc; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part V. July 1832: Hydrography; Maritime papers, reviews of voyages, etc; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part VI. August 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part VII. September 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part VIII. October 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part IX. November 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Part X. December 1832: Hydrography; Voyages and maritime papers; Works of nautical and geographical science, and art; Nautical miscellany; Index to volume 1.