she bequeathed two years later to the eminent historian and Orientalist, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. The result was Schloss Hainfeld; or, a Winter in Lower Styria, a Gothic travel account, which may have inspired Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla. Suffering from mental illness, Hall was detained in the Royal Hospital Haslar in Portsmouth, where he died in 1844, aged 55. Bibliography Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island in the Japan Sea (1818) Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 (1824) Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828 (1829) Fragments of Voyages and Travels (1831–1833) Schloss Hainfeld; or, a Winter in Lower Styria (1836) Spain and the Seat of War in Spain (1837) Patchwork (3 vols., 1841) Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo Notes References Hall, Basil (1825). "GD206/2/545" (archived letter). National Archives of Scotland. A letter from Captain Basil Hall, R. N., to John Tod, Esq., concerning the announcement of his marriage to Margaret, youngest daughter of late Sir John Hunter, Consul General in Spain, on 1 March 1825. External links Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea and the great Loo-Choo island by Captain Basil Hall, 1788-1844 and Herbert John Clifford. Illustrations and maps, published London, 1818. Forty Etchings, from Sketches Made with the Camera Lucida, in North America... From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress 1788 births 1844 deaths Military personnel from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Royal Navy officers Younger sons of baronets Fellows of the Royal Society Scottish diarists Scottish travel writers Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge