Art of navigation containing all the necessary cases,: (viz) plain sailing, and how to work a traverse by mercator. 3 necessary cases in mercator sailing, & parallel sailing. The variation of the compass and the new & best methods of keeping and correcting a journal. For Zephaniah Jones. 1763.

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Art of navigation containing all the necessary cases,: (viz) plain sailing, and how to work a traverse by mercator. 3 necessary cases in mercator sailing, & parallel sailing. The variation of the compass and the new & best methods of keeping and correcting a journal. For Zephaniah Jones. 1763.

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Holograph navigational manual including instructions for determining latitude and longitude, methods of sailing, and use of a compass. Includes a 20 page "Journal of a voyage by gods permission in the Phenix of Dighton from Block Island . . . to the Island Madeira. . ." from March 5-15, 1763. Includes table of contents.

1 v. (74 p.) ; 18 cm.

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Phenix (Ship : 1830-1849)

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Whaling vessel, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Samuel P. Briggs, on voyage 12 July 1840-26 May 1842 to the Western, Western Island, near Cornell, Tristan, and Coast of New Holland whaling grounds; owner-agent: L.D. Cook; built at Scituate, Mass., 1830; sold to Boston, Mass., 1849. From the description of Logbook, 1840 July 11-1842 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122503041 Whaling vessel, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Henry J. Green on voyage from 4 Aug. 1...

Witt, Mario e Fiammetta

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Jones, Zephaniah

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