The Oriental Navigator, Or, Directions for Sailing To, From, and Upon the Coasts Of, the East-Indies, China, Australia, Etc. ...

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James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, 1816 - 928 Seiten
 

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On Monsoons
16
British Channel towards Porto Santo Madeira
22
Directions for going to the Coast of Brasil and sailing
33
Cape of Good Hope Table Bay Saldanha Bay 44
44
False Bay and Simons or Seamons
51
57
57
Dangers to the Eastward and NorthEastward of
67
Inner Passage Description of the Coast of Africa from
79
Directions for the Channel of Mozambique or the
95
The Comoro Islands and Directions for sailing into
107
Of the Winds which prevail in the Eastern Seas 114
114
The Monsoons on the Coast of Coromandel and other
121
Description of the Archipelago of Islands and Dangers
128
The Chagos Archipelago
140
Directions for the Passage to India by the East of
146
Description of the Coast of Africa from the Equator
152
The Red Sea or Gulf of Arabia Instructions for com
158
Instructions for the Red Sea from Mocha to Suez 164
164
The Land and Sea Breezes
176
The Eastern Coast of Arabia From Rasalgat
185
The Winds and Currents in the Gulf of Persia
196
The Eastern Coast of Ceylon from the Elephant
258
Marks for turning into Trincomaley Harbour
265
Description of the Coast from Pondicherry to Madras
274
Blowing Weather in Surat Roads Directions
285
Instructions for sailing around the Reef off Point Palmi
295
The Nicobar Islands
417
The principal Islands on the West Coast of Sumatra
447
Directions for sailing from the Straits of Sunda to
455
Instructions for sailing into Batavia Road
461
Directions for sailing from the Straits of Banca to
471
Remarks on Gaspar Straits By Captain Lestock
478
From the Straits of Sincapore towards the Gulf
485
Directions for sailing from Poolo Condore to Poolo
491
Directions for sailing to China by the Eastern part
498
Directions for sailing from Poolo Timon to Siam in
506
Instructions for sailing from Batavia through the Straits
575
125
582
of Bouro or between that Island and Ceram
599
Directions for the Passage to China to the Westward
605
Remarks of Captain Seton of the Helen to
618
The Valentines Instructions for sailing from Goat
627
Currents in Dampiers Straits
633
The Straits to the East of Java Straits of Bally Lom
641
Observations c on the Straits of Sapy From
649
General Instructions for sailing towards the Banda
656
Ternate Tidore Motyr and Mackyan
662
Booro or Bouro
719
Ceram and the small adjacent Islands
727
693
735
427
747

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Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe Oriental Navigator, Or, Directions for Sailing To, From, and Upon the Coasts Of, the East-Indies, China, Australia, Etc. ...
AutorenJean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Après de Mannevillette, John Purdy
Ausgabe3
VerlagJames Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, 1816
Original vonBritish Library
Digitalisiert19. Aug. 2014
Länge928 Seiten
  
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