The English pilot; the third book : London, 1703. With an introduction by Coolie Verner and R. A. Skelton
- Bib ID:
- 2174683
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thornton, John, active 1700
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- Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1970
- xv, 82 p. illus., charts. 46 cm.
- Series:
- Theatrum orbis Terrarum; series of atlases in facsimile, 5th series ; v. 3.
- Notes:
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- "Distributed in the U.S.A. by Rand McNally & Company, Chicago."
- Reproduced from the copy in the Maritime Museum Prins Hendrik.
- Based on the 1675 ed. by J. Seller.
- Original t.p. reads: The English pilot, the third book ... the islands, bays, roads, harbours and ports in the Oriental navigation ... Collected for the general benefit of our own country-men, by John Thornton, hydrographer. London, printed by John How for the author, 1703.
- Covers navigation from England to the East Indies, across the Indian Ocean.
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