The coast laid down in most Charts has been
taken from the celebrated map o f the Jesuits,
which is v e r v correct in what relates to China,
but erroneous with respect to Corea. The Jesuits,
indeed, did not survey this country, but
have inserted it in their map, I believe, from
Japanese authorities.
Captain Broughton in his voyage to the
North Pacific Ocean visited the South Coast of
Corea, and his account o f the inhabitants agrees
with ours in most particulars.
The same distinguished voyager visited the
Great Loo-choo Island in 1797, after having
been shipwrecked near Typinsan, one of its dependant
islands, He was at Napakiang for a
few days, and his account of the natives is highly
interesting.
There is an article by Pere Gaubil, a misPREFACE.
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sionary, on the subject of the Loo-choo Islands,
in the 23d vol. of the Lettres Edifiantes et
Curieuses.” It is a translation from the official
report of a Chinese embassador sent to Loo-choo
by the Emperor Kang Hi ; our opportunities,
however, were not sufficient to enable us to judge
of the accuracy of this curious memoir.