A new directory for the East-Indies [electronic resource] : containing, I. The first discoveries mad...
A new directory for the East-Indies [electronic resource] : containing, I. The first discoveries made in the East-Indies by European voyagers and Travellers. II. The Origin Construction, and Application Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The natural Causes, and observed Phaenomena, of the constant and variable Winds, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, throughout the East-India Oceans and Seas. IV. A Description of the Sea Coasts, Islands, Rocks, Harbours, Shoals, Sands, Sea-Marks, Soundings, &c. in the Oriental Navigation. V. Directions for navigating in the East-India Seas, to the best Advantage, at different Times of the Year. VI. Directions for sailing to and from the East-Indies, as recommended and practised by experienced Navigators and Mariners. The whole being a work originally begun upon the plan of the oriental Neptune, augmented and improved by Mr. Will. Herbert, Mr. Will. Nichelson, and others; and now methodised, corrected, and further enlarged, by Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London. Sixth edition. To which is added an appendix.
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London : printed for Messrs. Gilbert and Wright, No. 148, Leadenhall Street, MDCCXCI. [1791]
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MDCCXCI. [1791]
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[4],xx,175,146-500p. ; 4°.
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London : printed for Messrs. Gilbert and Wright, No. 148, Leadenhall Street, MDCCXCI. [1791]
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MDCCXCI. [1791]
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A new directory for the East-Indies [electronic resource] : containing, I. The first discoveries made in the East-Indies by European voyagers and Travellers. II. The Origin Construction, and Application Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The natural Causes, and observed Phaenomena, of the constant and variable Winds, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, an...
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Braces in imprint.
Earlier editions bear the author statement: "By William Herbert"; apparently based on Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette's 'Le Neptune oriental', first published in Paris in 1745.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.
Text continuous despite pagination.
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ESTC N21774.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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