Loochoo Island and Captain Beechey's Voyage

[William at]

Olivier,

Loo Choo is an old name for the Ryukyu Islands, or Nansei-shoto, the
chain extending south from Japan to Taiwan.  Okinawa is the best known
of the chain.

Will


Olivier De Clerck wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Can somebody help me out. I'm looking for a geographical locality
> called 'Loochoo Island'. It is the type locality of Dictyota
> spinulosa (an unusual algal species), described by W.H. Harvey in
> Hooker & Arnott, The Botany of Beechey's Voyage (1838: 275). I have a
> feeling Loochoo should be situated somewhere near north of Taiwan,
> southern Japan, but I can't find any indication in an atlas. Did it
> change name?
>
> Looking forward hearing from you.
>
> Olivier De Clerck.
>
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