The seaman's guide and new coaster's companion. In two parts. Part I. Coasting directions from London through all the different channels of the River Thames, both up and down, to the Orkneys and Shetland Islands. The North Sea, the Cattegat, the Sound, the Gulph of Finland, the British and Bristol Channels, including all the Harbours, with the Coast of Wales, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, &c. By John Chandler, of Orford, Pilot, and late Master in the Royal Navy. Part II. The courses by the compass, and distances from place to place, for all the coasts of Europe, and many of Africa and Asia: With the Variation laid down as observed in the Year 1780. Also the Distances, in Miles, from London to the principal Ports in Great-Britain, Ireland, the East Part of France, Flanders, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, throughout the Baltic, and the Mediterranean. By John Diston, Pilot, from the Trinity-House. With the addition of an improved and corrected tide-table, And an easy Method of finding the Epact, the Moon's Age, and the Day of New Moon, Communicated by Mr. John Adams.

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M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
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London : printed for D. Steel, Number 1, Union-Row, Little Tower-Hill, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]

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iv,167,[1]p. ; obl. 80.

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