The English Pilot The Seaman's Guide to the Navigation of the Indian Ocean Imray 1881

Imray, J.F., Jenkins, H.D.

Nautic guide book 1881 | The English Pilot, The Seaman’s Guide to the Navigation of the Indian Ocean with numerous illustrations, charts and plans, London Imray 1881, xlviii+1296 pp, TOGETHER WITH Sailing Directions for the Suez Canal including Port Said and Suez with notes on the Gulf of Suez & Red Sea, London Imray 1881, 32 pp.

Rare edition of a famous nautical guide. Three books in one binding:

The Seaman’s Guide to the Navigation of the Indian Ocean with numerous illustrations, charts and plans, 1881, 1296 pp. To which is added notes on the physical geography of the Indian Ocean by W.H. Rosser. With a stamp on the title page of D. McGregor & Co Liverpool.
Sailing Directions for the Suez Canal including Port Said and Suez with notes on the Gulf of Suez & Red Sea, 1881, 32 pp.
Catalogue 1881, Charts, Works on Navigation and nautical instruments, Imray & Son London, 1881, 61 pp.

Very much worn sheep skin binding, guilt letters on the front Indian Ocean Pilot ad drawing of the globe. Interior with some folds and smudges but still good readible and bound together.

When first published in 1703, this volume in the English Pilot series was the first complete seaman’s guide for the Indian Ocean and Far Eastern waters published in England. A copy of the final edition (1761) was carried by Cook on his first voyage to Australia.

Provenance: With handwritten inscription on the flyleaf: Orfiff Terpsichorf (?). Could also be a reference to the muse of dance Terpsichore.

[NL] Zeeman gids vol met kaarten en tabellen die nuttig kunnen zijn bij nautisch navigeren. Zeldzame editie uit 1881. Slechts in 5 bibliotheken bekend.

Indian Ocean – Instruction nautiques – Pilot guides Indian Ocean – Maps – Charts, magnetic chart, anchorage of the soutch coast of Abd-Al-Kuri, Kerguelen island, map of Reunion, Map of Lakadivh Banks, map of Madras, Acheen Bay, Tide Tables,

SKU: 00014

€ 13.080,00 (€ 12.000,00 ex. btw)

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