A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan: From the Straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the Passages East of Java to Canton, Shanghai, the Yellow Sea, and Japan, with Descriptions of the Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, and General Instructions for the Various Channels, Harbours, Etc

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R. H. Laurie, 1878 - Pilot guides - 1325 pages
 

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TitleA Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan: From the Straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the Passages East of Java to Canton, Shanghai, the Yellow Sea, and Japan, with Descriptions of the Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, and General Instructions for the Various ...
AuthorAlexander George Findlay
Edition2
PublisherR. H. Laurie, 1878
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized8 Feb 2011
Length1325 pages
  
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