The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harrours [!] Capes, and Headlands, on the Coast of North and South America ... with the Prevailing Winds, Setting of the Currents, &c., and the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours and Capes; Together with a Tide Table

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E. and G.W. Blunt, 1833 - 657 pages
 

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TitreThe American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harrours [!] Capes, and Headlands, on the Coast of North and South America ... with the Prevailing Winds, Setting of the Currents, &c., and the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours and Capes; Together with a Tide Table
AuteurEdmund March Blunt
Édition12
ÉditeurE. and G.W. Blunt, 1833
Original provenant deUniversity of Minnesota
Numérisé4 août 2010
Longueur657 pages
  
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