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Le petit Neptune françois [electronic resource] : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular...

Le petit Neptune françois [electronic resource] : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular...

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Le petit Neptune françois [electronic resource] : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular description of the Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place; the Setting and Flowing of the Tides, on the coast of France. with Tables of the Latitude, Longitude, and Tides. Translated from the Petit flambeau de la mer of Du Bocage. With large improvements from the great Neptune françois, Bellin, Belidor, &c. In which The Courses and Distances are ascertained, from the Astronomical Observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Illustrated with Seventy Views of the different Appearances of Land, and Thirty New Charts. Drawn from the Large Map of France taken by Triangles by M. Cassini de Thury; the Neptune Francois; the Charts of Bellins, Michelot, and Bremond; and all the particular Surveys of the several Parts of the Coast of France. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

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Le petit Neptune françois [electronic resource] : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular description of the Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place; the Setting and Flowing of the Tides, on the coast of France. with Tables of the Latitude, Longitude, and Tides. Translated from the Petit flambeau de la mer of Du Bocage. With large improvements from the great Neptune françois, Bellin, Belidor, &c. In which The Courses and Distances are ascertained, from the Astronomical Observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Illustrated with Seventy Views of the different Appearances of Land, and Thirty New Charts. Drawn from the Large Map of France taken by Triangles by M. Cassini de Thury; the Neptune Francois; the Charts of Bellins, Michelot, and Bremond; and all the particular Surveys of the several Parts of the Coast of France. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Publisher

London : printed for T. Jefferys, at Charing-Cross, 1761.

Uniform title

Petit flambeau de la mer. English. Adaptations.

Date

1761.

Record Identifier

74VvxrdPZBkA

MMS ID

991016778209702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[2],iv,[4],96,8,[i.e.6]p.,plates ; 4°.

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Publisher

London : printed for T. Jefferys, at Charing-Cross, 1761.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1761.

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

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Le petit Neptune françois [electronic resource] : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular description of the Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place; the Setting and Flowing of the Tides, on the coast of France. with Tables of the Latitude, Longitude, and Tides. Translated from...

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General note

In fact an adaptation of 'Le petit flambeau de la mer' by Georges Boissaye Du Bocage.

Pp. 5-6 are omitted from the pagination of the index.

Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T220771.

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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74VvxrdPZBkA

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991016778209702626