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The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the pr...

The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the pr...

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The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands, from Passamaquoddy through the Gulph of Florida, with directions for sailing into the same, describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. Together with the courses and distances from Cape-Cod and Cape-Ann to Georges'-Bank, through the South and East Channels, and the setting of the currents, with the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours on the coast. Together with a tide table. By Capt. Lawrence Furlong. Corrected and improved by the most experienced pilots in the United States - Also, information to masters of vessels, wherein the manner of transacting business at the custom-houses is fully elucidated. Published according to act of Congress.

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The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands, from Passamaquoddy through the Gulph of Florida, with directions for sailing into the same, describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. Together with the courses and distances from Cape-Cod and Cape-Ann to Georges'-Bank, through the South and East Channels, and the setting of the currents, with the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours on the coast. Together with a tide table. By Capt. Lawrence Furlong. Corrected and improved by the most experienced pilots in the United States - Also, information to masters of vessels, wherein the manner of transacting business at the custom-houses is fully elucidated. Published according to act of Congress.

Publisher

Newburyport (Massachusetts) : Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, (Proprietor.) Sold by all the booksellers and ship-chandlers in the United States, - 1798.

Date

- 1798.

Record Identifier

74VKPGED5r4Z

MMS ID

991019683699702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi,[1],18-172,[9],178-239,[1]p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

Newburyport (Massachusetts) : Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, (Proprietor.) Sold by all the booksellers and ship-chandlers in the United States, - 1798.

Edition

Second edition, largely improved.

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

- 1798.

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands, from Passamaquoddy through the Gulph of Florida, with directions for sailing into the same, describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. Together with th...

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Notes

General note

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [240].

Correction notice mounted inside front cover advises of the insertion of 4 p. after p. 176. Notice of a new beacon mounted inside back cover.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "Published according to act of Congress." on title page.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC W37196.

Evans, 33772.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VKPGED5r4Z

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPGED5r4Z

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MMS ID

991019683699702626