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 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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Newburyport (Massachusetts) : Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, (Proprietor.) Sold by all the booksellers and ship-chandlers in the United States, - 1798.
Date
- 1798.
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xvi,[1],18-172,[9],178-239,[1]p. ; 8°.
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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.
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United States of America
Date Published
- 1798.
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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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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.
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ESTC W37196.
Evans, 33772.
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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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