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M'LEOD, John (1777?-1820). Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, Along the Coast of Corea to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck. London: John Murray, 1818. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and 5 hand-colored aquatint plates. [vi], [1]-[324], [6, ads] pp. With half-title. Publisher's plain boards, rebacked to style in modern brown paper, modern printed paper label on spine, new endleaves, pp. 71-74 supplied in modern manuscript (original pages missing). Some wear, soiling to boards, some occasional foxing in text. Good. SECOND AND BEST EDITION BY THE SHIP'S SURGEON OF THE ALCESTE. This book details the account of the Alceste's voyage to the west coast of Korea, the shipwreck of the Alceste on an unknown reef, and the attack on the ship by Malay pirates. Abbey 559.