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The coaster's companion: Containing sailing directions for the East Coast of England, from London to the Shetland Isles. Also of the coasts of Flanders, Holland, Jutland, Cattegat, sound, baltic and Gulf of Finland, to St. Petersburgh; of the Coasts of Norway, Lapland and the White Sea, to Archangel and Onega; with directions for going into the several roads, harbours, &c. describing the caps, head-lands, rivers, bays, roads, havens, harbours, rocks, sands, shoals, banks, depths of water and anchorages. Also the magnetic courses, and the distances, from place to place, round England, Scotland, Ireland, the Orkney, Shetland, and Lewis Isles, along the coasts of Flanders, Holland, Jutland, Baltic, Norway, Lapland, White sea, France, Portugal, and Spain. With the courses and distances from several places in Great Britain, to several places in Flanders, Holland, Jutland, Norway, France and Ireland. To which is added, a large tide-table, with a new and correct method of finding the times of high water at all the principal places in Europe. By John Hamilton Moore, (Chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, and Her Serene Highness, the empress of all the Russians.) Assisted by several able pilots and coasters.
Moore, John Hamilton, -1807.Date: 1792- Books
Certaine errors in navigation detected / And corrected by Edw: Wright. [With many additions that were not in the former edition. As appeareth in the next pages. (The division of the whole art of navigation. An addition touching the variation of the compasse)].
Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.Date: 1610- Books
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The naval gazetteer; or, seaman's complete guide. Containing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arranged, of the several coasts of all the countries and islands in the known world: shewing their latitude, longitude, soundings and stations for anchorage, With a particular Description of the several Bays, Capes, Channels, Coves, Creeks, Currents, Gulfs, Harbours, Havens, Lakes, Oceans, Races, Rivers, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Sounds, Straits, Tides, Variation of the Compass, &c. &c. together with A particular Relation of the Shape and Appearance at Sea of the several Headlands, Isthmusses, Peninsulas, Points, Promontories, and whatever is of Use or Importance to the Master, Pilot, Commander, or Seaman of any Ship or Vessel, in navigating the watry Element. Also Comprehending Ample Directions for failing into or out of the different Ports, Straits, and Harbours of the four Quarters of the World, and for avoiding Dangers on the various and extended Coasts; in which more than Twelve Thousand distinct Names of Places, &c. are treated of and explained. By the Rev. John Malham, Author of Navigation Made Easy and Familiar, and other Works on Naval Affairs. Illustrated with a correct set of charts, From the latest and best Surveys. In two volumes. ...
Malham, John, 1747-1821.Date: 1795- Books
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The coaster's companion: Containing directions for the downs, for sailing and turning, thence, thro' the different channels, to the Nore; for going into Harwich, and over the naze into the wallet; for going round Orfordness, and thro' Yarmouth-roads to the spurn.-a description of the coast, from calais along the coasts of Flanders, Holland, and Jutland of the Cattegat, sound and baltic, as far as cronstadt; with directions for going into the several roads and harbours. Also, the courses by compass, and distances, from place to place, round England, Scotland, Ireland, the Shetland, Orkney, and Lewis Isles. Along the coasts of Flanders, Holland, Ireland, Norway, Cattegat, Baltic, France, Portugal, and Spain. With the courses and distances from different places in Britain, to different places in Flanders, Holland, Juttland, Norway, France, and Ireland. To which is added, a large tide-table, with a new and correct method of finding the times of high-water at all the ports and principal places in Europe. By John Hamilton Moore, author of the practical navigator, and seaman's complete daily assistant.
Moore, John Hamilton, -1807.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]