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The sailor's sea-book : Rudimentary treatise on navigation: in two parts. I. How to keep the log and how to work it off. II. On finding the latitude and longitude. ... To which are added, directions for great circle sailing; an essay on the law of storms and variable winds; and explanations of terms used in ship-building. With several engravings and illustrations of the flags of maritime nations

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1857.
Call number: 371964
Creator: Greenwood, James (-1869)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 18 cm.
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