《海录》是记述当时海外邻近国际航线的各国、各地区、各城市见闻的著作。《海录》对南中国海岛屿、航线的记述 ,对研究 19世纪初中国南海海疆具有重要价值。《海录》是清代记述世界各大洲、各国、各地状况最多最全的著作之一 ,是清代最早记述西方工业文明的著作之一 ,对近代以林则徐、魏源为代表的思想家产生过重要影响。 “Sea recorded” is recorded at that time overseas neighboring international routes in various countries, regions, cities, masterpieces. “Sea recorded” on the South China Sea islands, route description, the study of the early 19th century China South China Sea has an important value. It is one of the earliest books describing the western industrial civilization in the Qing Dynasty and one of the most important to the thinkers represented by Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan in the Qing Dynasty influences.