The American Coast Pilot, containing the Courses and Distances between the Principal Harbours, Capes and Headlands, from Passamaquoddy, through the Gulf of Florida;.together with Courses and Distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to George's Banks through the South and East Channels, and the Settings of the Currents

Blunt, Edmund M.

Published by Printed for Edmund M. Blunt at the Quadrant . Printed by George Largin, No. 5 Burling-Slip, New York, 1815

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Eighth Edition. 14 engraved maps (5 folding). Full-page illustration of Blunt's store. xvi, 297, [1]; 86, [2] pp. Ad leaf in the rear. 1 vols. 8vo. Originally published in Newburyport in 1796 under the name of the author Lawrence Furlong, this is the first edition to carry the name Edmund Blunt on the title-page. Includes sailing directions to many of the east coast harbors and ports, with a number of them depicted in maps, listing courses and distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to George's Bank, and a tide table. Campbell 8; Rink 3937; Shaw & Shoemaker 33842 Contemporary sheep. Some wear, small area of loss at the head of the spine, lacks endpapers 14 engraved maps (5 folding). Full-page illustration of Blunt's store. xvi, 297, [1]; 86, [2] pp. Ad leaf in the rear. 1 vols. 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Coast Pilot, containing the Courses and Distances between the Principal Harbours, Capes and Headlands, from Passamaquoddy, through the Gulf of Florida;.together with Courses and Distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to George's Banks through the South and East Channels, and the Settings of the Currents
• Publisher: Printed for Edmund M. Blunt at the Quadrant . Printed by George Largin, No. 5 Burling-Slip, New York
• Publication Date: 1815
• Edition: Eighth Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana