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A new directory for the East-Indies : containing, I. The first discoveries made in the East-Indies by European voyagers and Travellers. II. The Origin Construction, and Application Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The natural Causes, and observed Phaenomena, of the constant and variable Winds, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, throughout the East-India Oceans and Seas. IV. A Description of the Sea Coasts, Islands, Rocks, Harbours, Shoals, Sands, Sea-Marks, Soundings, &c. in the Oriental Navigation. V. Directions for navigating in the East-India Seas, to the best Advantage, at different Times of the Year. VI. Directions for sailing to and from the East-Indies, as recommended and practised by experienced Navigators and Mariners. The whole being a work originally begun upon the plan of the oriental Neptune, augmented and improved by Mr. Will. Herbert, Mr. Will. Nichelson, and others; and now methodised, corrected, and further enlarged, by Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London. Sixth edition. To which is added an appendix.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herbert, William, 1718-1795.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilot guides--East Indies.
- Pilot guides.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages,xx,175,146-500 pages ; 4⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for Messrs. Gilbert and Wright, No. 148, Leadenhall Street, MDCCXCI. [1791]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Text continuous despite pagination.
- Earlier editions bear the author statement: "By William Herbert"; apparently based on Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette's 'Le Neptune oriental', first published in Paris in 1745.
- Braces in imprint.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N21774.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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