[Okinawa] Garden of the Temple at Lechew. Alceste's Voyage.
Lieut. Dwarris delin. J. Clark Sculp. Published by J. Murray, London, 1817. Coloured aquatint. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate. A garden on Okinawa, with British sailors carrying casks to a storeroom, during a six-week stay there. From 'Narrative of a voyage in His Majesty's late ship Alceste', an account of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China in 1817. On the return journey the Alceste hit a reef in the Java Sea and was wrecked, after which the crew had to cope with Malay Dyak pirates who burned the ship and surrounded their camp. Abbey Travel 559.
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