A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc....
A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc....
A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc. : From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia. Volume 1 / A. G. Findlay. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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1 online resource (740 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1851.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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England
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1851.
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The English geographer and hydrographer Alexander George Findlay (1812-75) had observed that navigators of his time had to consult a considerable number of documents to gather the information they needed to sail the Pacific Ocean safely. Not only was this highly impractical, it also exposed seafarers to conflicting information that could lead to th...
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A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc. : From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia. Volume 1 / A. G. Findlay. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge library collection. Maritime Exploration
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English
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74VKaz0V7XeX
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1-139-58310-7
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991024402505202626
