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Pilot guides - Atlantic Coast (North America) - Early works to 1800
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The American coast pilot; containing, the courses and distance from Boston to all the principal harbours, capes and headlands included between Passamaquady and the capes of Virginia--with directions for sailing into, and out of, all the principal ports and harbours, with the sounding on the coast-- Also, a tide table, shewing the time of high water at full and change of the moon, in all the above places-- together with the courses and distance from Cape-Cod and Cape-Ann, to the shoal of Georges, and from said capes out in the South and East Channel, and the settin of the current to the eastward and westward-- Also--the latitude and longitude of the principal harbours, capes and headlands, &c. &c. &c. By Capt. Lawrence Furlong. Also--courses, directions, distances, &c. &c. from the capes of Virginia, to the River Missisippi, from the latest surveys and observations. (Approved by experienced pilots and coasters.)
Furlong, Lawrence, 1734-1806.Date: --1796- Books
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The American coast pilot; 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.
Furlong, Lawrence, 1734-1806.Date: - 1798