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Moore (John Hamilton)

The Practical Navigator; being an epitome of navigation; containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea: illustrated with proper rules and examples. The whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe: also, the substance of information every candidate from the American navy ought to be acquainted with. The thirteenth edition, enlarged, constructed on a new plan, and illustrated with copper-plates.

Dublin: Printed by F. Wogan, 1800.,

243.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Moore (John Hamilton)
Publishers
Dublin: Printed by F. Wogan, 1800.
Keyword
NAVAL MARITIME NAVIGATION IRELAND IRISH IMPRINT DUBLIN PRINTED

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Thirteenth edition, enlarged, 8vo (212 x 125 mm), viii, 1-40, *41-*44, 41-272, *265-*272, 273-309, [209]pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, contemporary ownership ink signature (Robert Wilson) to verso of title, struck through in ink, contemporary calf, red leather spine label lettered in gilt, head of spine chipped, with minor worn track. ESTC locating just two copies of this edition (Franciscan House of Studies, Killiney, Republic of Ireland & College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia).
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