The 1870 Nautical Magazine, the last volume edited by Rear-Admiral Becher, focuses on the Suez Canal, Australia and Canada.

The 1869 Nautical Magazine reports the completion of the Suez Canal and the Pacific Railroad and a proposed Channel Tunnel.

The 1840 Nautical Magazine focuses on Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic, and reports research on electricity, magnetism and scurvy.

The 1858 Nautical Magazine reports on the inauguration of the first Atlantic cable and relations between China and the West.